In light of recent incidents in and around the Badili Police Operation Area in Port Moresby, Police station commander Inspector Jerry Obert has come to advice youths residing within the vicinity of the Police station to refrain from engaging in illegal activities.
Obert stated that the stabbing of the bus attendant at the Manu Auto-port bus stop last week was orchestrated by a group of youths believed to be from Goilala. He added that over the month they have been receiving reports of a group of youths going around causing trouble within the area. This group tends to terrorize commuters at bus stops and are a cause of many petty crimes.
Meanwhile, Obert added that due to the shortage of manpower, many a times they find it challenging to tend to reports made at the police station. He added that while they have men on the ground to provide peace and order, police visibility for the public is vital in maintaining the safety and security of the people.
“Police visibility is very important to the public, in the sense that we show the people that we are on ground and that they are safe to commute as they please, making the people place their trust in the policemen,” Obert said.
He added that it sometimes gets tough when he stations men to a certain part of an operation area and a situation arises at another area, it becomes a challenge to move men around.