Sun, 27 Aug 2017 11:57:47 +0000 THE rate at which criminal cases are being lost due to poor investigations is worrying. Suspects are being acquitted largely due to insufficient evidence. This inability by arresting police officers to adequately prepare for successful prosecutions smacks of a deliberate ploy to embarrass Government. Something is fishy. The earlier that the police high command take decisive action to bring this to a stop, the better. Certainly, something is wrong somewhere, and there is need for Government to critically examine (lacunas) that have emerged within the Zambia Police Service, particularly in the investigations and prosecutions department. Why are police officers exhibiting such high levels of incompetence in their investigations? How often do the officers undergo refresher courses, let alone conduct continuous professional development programmes? Failure by the Zambia Police investigations departments to coordinate and gather enough evidence before they consider taking high profile cases to court for prosecution exposes deep […]
