1 September 2023 11:57 pm Views - 2980
Steps will be taken to resolve the various concerns regarding traffic offences being video recorded by the traffic police and then being released to the media, Inspector General of Police (IGP) C.D. Wickramaratne informed a Parliament Committee.
The IGP informed this to the Ministerial Consultative Committee on Public Security when the matter was raised in the committee recently.
The Committee raised concerns regarding the ethicality of traffic police video recording offences and then releasing them to the media.
The Committee was of the view that the police must respect the privacy of any offender.
The senior police officers who were present stated that a mechanism is already in place to reward and recognise police officers conducting drug raids.
Senior police officers said that unlike before when the police received information regarding the possession of drugs, the person in possession is charged for illegal possession and presented before court, the police now conduct two separate inquiries for illegal possession as well as money laundering.(Ajith Siriwardana)