Sierra Leone Police Warns Against Traffic Officers Extorting Money from Drivers
Aaron Parker The Director of Traffic Management and Road Safety, Commissioner of Police (CP) Abdul Moijue, has issued a stern warning to traffic officers engaging in corrupt practices, emphasizing that disciplinary actions will be enforced against offenders.
Speaking at the Sierra Leone Police’s routine press briefing on Thursday, January 23, 2025, CP Moijue reminded journalists that traffic officers are not deployed to the streets to solicit or extort money from drivers but to perform their lawful duties, which include traffic control and law enforcement.
“We do not send them into the streets to collect money. We send them to do police work, such as controlling traffic and enforcing the law,” CP Moijue stated firmly.
He encouraged members of the public to report any officer found engaging in corrupt practices to the Complaints, Discipline, and Internal Investigations Department (CDIID).
CP Moijue further assured the public that any officer caught in such acts would face strict disciplinary measures in accordance with the 2001 Police Disciplinary Regulations.
He urged citizens to provide evidence, such as videos or photographs, to strengthen complaints and ensure accountability.
The warning comes amid growing concerns from motorists and the general public about allegations of extortion by some traffic officers.
CP Moijue reaffirmed the Sierra Leone Police’s commitment to maintaining discipline within its ranks and fostering trust between the police and the public.
It’s only God that will deliver this country!
It is really bad for shorts and act like this how traffic officers are collecting money from the drivers and Keke Riders as if they are not paid they are tarnishing the characters of others who are doing there right job please Papa governments help the drivers and the Riders
Send us contact number to call if we see such police doing that or if anyone knows the number please send it to us
By failing to share contact nos & other vital info to complement & intensify the effort, are all proof to demonstrate a lack of willingness to execute such commitment thoroughly.
So they were extorting monies from drivers and the bosses knew it.?🤔🤔🤔🤔
Its a top to bottom approach all of them are aware the thing has a sycomotor movement the brown envelope starts from the district DTO to the regional AIG and so on an so forth
Please don’t be fooled enh. It is hard fact that the so called authorities themselves knew that it is a routine on a daily bases from which they are benefiting from. Go to shell, ferry junction and talk less of within western Area and see.
Praise God the almighty father 🙏🏾, I hope that these such of police reforming is not only with words but to be put in real action for the citizens of Sierra Leone. Police target is not to intimidating, profiling, using excessive force, tribalism way of working, nor misusing of uniform or power to the society they are serving. Police must work for the safety and maintaining order for all lives and properties in the best way. All police officers must work for the development of their citizens, not all mistakes out there should be paid for. Because citizens are humans and they are not perfect, so they must be correct also with words or to be educate by the officers get warning peacefully without asking them to pay nothing. The law must be applied to all citizens as well, because most of them had used to pay police directly for the crimes they commit in the place of paying to state account or revenue fund’s account. In this case police officers must have secrets cameras to proof and arrest anybody trying to bribe them for offenses they cause deliberately. This is one way to minimize traffic queue and corruption , because corruption is a virus 🦠 in Sierra Leone and it must be stop the same way we fought against Ebola.
Citizens should be held responsible for giving out bribes. Police officers should arrest anyone attempting to give them money for their crimes.
Akpakpa-gbway
Ar wan see dae o-o-o-o-o!!!!!!
Even if their salaries are increased to 5,000 they won’t stop collecting monies. Most drivers/Riders are left with no option because they officers are using their discretions to reap them.
Only self and content mind will stop this mayhem.