ARE YOU A LAW ABIDING Citizen? DO YOU RESPECT THOSE IN AUTHORITY?
Written by Millennium on October 4, 2021
ARE YOU A LAW ABIDING Citizen? DO YOU RESPECT THOSE IN AUTHORITY?
A Zambia Police Traffic Department writes 👇👇
TIME WILL TELL
It’s rare that I do enforcement because I have a role of safety awareness which is quite involving as you need to research all the time and inform the public about roadsafety, however, am a police officer of traffic department I can caution or charge an offender and even drag them to court.
Last week I was on my way driving to the office in a police traffic car, somebody near me was speaking on the phone, causing traffic jam behind him at a pick hour. I opened my window and cautioned him, “hey you atleast not direct in my face look at the mess you are creating behind you kindly put that phone down.”
He continued speaking on the phone, when he was done he said to me, atleast you can talk to me nicely do you guys ever listen? Haven’t you been told to stop that behaviour?
To be honest I got very offended, I pulled him off the road – got my ZP form 126 and charged him.
While I was standing there, motorists where hooting and chanting “iwe lekefyo balikanya.”
But I said to myself no one is going to remind me that am a police officer. I will do my job. I later told him to sign the document which he did roughly and almost threw a pen at my face😢.
I have been a traffic officer for a long time but I must say that he spoiled my day.
Ladies and Gentlemen, we can always choose the kind of a country we want to live in – and that’s anarchy and lawless if you ask me. God forbid but it will hurt more when the person close to you is involved in an RTA as a result of this behaviour.
Accuse police officers all you want but you will need them, we are all still Police officers doing light duties and most importantly getting paid. Am at a rank where going on the road is optional, thats a job for an inspector and below.
If am disrespected like that, are they ever going to respect a Constable?
