Dear Editor.
500 police officers who have been transferred from the Beitbridge border post have been stripped and ditched by Police Commissioner Augustine Chihuri.
The cops have been left stranded with Chihuri failing to provide the required transport facilities.
About 500 police officers were recently transferred from Beitbridge to other stations. This means that 500 more are also transferred from their stations to Beitbridge to fill vacant posts. These police officers are being punished for offences they did not commit.
The junior police officers in the whole country perform their duties without the resources since cars and other items are only made available to senior officers. The officers are being accused of failing to stop the demonstrators before causing havoc. The police commanders have of late resorted to the use of transfers as a way of punishing officers.
This is so despite the fact that the police does not have the capacity to provide vehicles to transport the transferred officers. The affected officers are given the date on which they are supposed to have reported to their new stations. It is the duty of the police to provide the required resources to effect the transfers but of late the transferred officers have to bear the cost of the transfers. This is despite the fact that all police officers are poorly paid like other civil servants.
The transferred officers are going to meet some social challenges such as lack of accommodation, transport and places for their school children.