THE NEWS THAT a police officer had been killed by gunmen at a dance, makes it clear just how serious a war we are waging against gunmen.
This becomes even more evident when it is looked at with the knowledge that Corporal Lincoln Parker was the seventh police officer to be killed since the start of the year, and the second to be killed in a week. And though these numbers may seem small, this issue is one that should be of concern to all the relevant authorities. Incidents such as this, show that our police officers are not treated with the respect their job should ideally afford them.
While many like to deny it, the fact that many officers have found themselves in compromising positions, only adds to the general sense of distrust with which they are viewed by the public. Many are viewed as corrupt and power hungry and this also puts a strain on the relationship between the police force and the people they are sworn to protect.
Although this has been said several times before, the relationship between police officers and the citizens needs to become better. Perhaps when this happens, more people will feel the need to protect our officers and to ensure that they carry out their jobs in the safest, most productive way.
People need to also learn to respect police officers and the dangerous job they do. But this respect cannot be a one way thing. Officers need to treat citizens with respect and, hopefully, they will be treated the same way.
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