NCD POLICE BOSS INSTRUCTS INVESTIGATION IN FSVU OFFICER
The complaint raised by a female domestic violence victim on the ill conduct of a female police officer attached with the Family and Sexual Violence unit is currently under investigations.
NCD Metropolitan Superintendent Perou N’Dranou confirmed with this newsroom this morning that he has assigned an investigative officer to do a proper investigation from the beginning of the case when the victim reported her case to the unit.
Mr N’Dranou said the investigation is to establish if proper processes and procedures were observed by the concerned police officer during the handling of the case.
He said the matter will be dealt with administrativel
The female officer of concern is attached with the Family and Sexual Violence Unit at the Boroko Police Station has had a complaint raised against her for allegedly making mockery of a victim of domestic violence who had sought help at the FSVAC unit.
The female victim who was abused by her spouse for the past nine years first posted on Facebook about her situation on the 14th of July 2019 after she was physically abused by her husband after undergoing an operation for cancer on the 14th of June 2019.
The post was then shared by her friends and family members on the NCD CRIME ALERT Facebook page which led to her rescue by family members and Police officers from the Gordons Police Station.
On the 15th of July 2019, the named police officer attended to the case (O/B Number 62/07).
Due to nil police vehicle as told by the concerned police officer, the victim’s husband offered in giving lift to the officer to Boroko Police Station on the 16th of July 2019.
The victim stated that between 15th – 18th July, she had been going back and forth between Gordon’s Police Station and Boroko Police Station due to;
1. Nil Police vehicle to Arrest and Charge the husband.
2. The complaint she lodged on the 15th of July went missing at Boroko Police Station.
On the 25th of July 2019, the husband of the victim posted on Facebook mocking her plea for help.
The concerned police officer who was handling the victim’s case reportedly reacted and commented mockingly towards the victim on the husband’s post.
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