Police Commissioner Gen Augustine Chihuri has warned police officers that they risk being beaten up by the public.
In an official statement sent out to all police stations countrywide, Gen. Chihuri warned against agitating the povo.
His comments come in the wake of the protests around the country which began last month. Today, Wednesday the 17th August, cops descended violently on people protesting against bond notes. Gruesome pictures show bloody scenes with riot police attacking Harare residents including those who were not part of the riot.

Chihuri’s latest orders are less than a month old and can be downloaded here.
ZRP cops can be beaten up and taught a lesson if they attack civilians, Professor Lovemore Madhuku’s party also said last month. The public must be fully aware that anyone in a police uniform must behave accordingly and once they start unleashing violence on citizens they are surely not police officers and members of the public are urged to protect themselves from violent attacks to preserve life, the party said in a statement. For the first time in Zimbabwe’s 36 year history, a political party instructed the public to attack the police in retaliation. This historic juncture also saw the police commissioner Gen Augustine Chihuri surrendering to public pressure ordering officers to give in the public demands and not to agitate the people.  (ALSO READ – Chihuri Surrenders to Povo).
The public was enraged today with many stating in public they are now contemplating arming themselves against the police.