What do you think about the police force in the Maldives? There are currently around 4000 officers to police a population of 300,000 people. Is this enough? Too many?Lack of training for officers to carry out their job professionally and efficiently is highlighted as a key area; currently police officers receive only 4 months of training before starting work. Is this sufficient to foster a reliable and supportive service to the community?
The police themselves admit there is a need for more emphasis on community policing and engagement with citizens. This will foster a police force that can ensure a secure and peaceful place to live for all Maldivians. The police pinpoint that lack of training and understanding in this area is the barrier. Do you think this is a valid justification or is there a lack of will or motivation for police officers to approach the community in a positive and caring way?
Perhaps a greater issue is that the promised reforms to the system are still incomplete? The Police Bill has still not been passed in Parliament and the current Penal Code is very difficult for the police to maintain integrity in carrying out their work. What can the police do to highlight the delays as hindering their work and can the public take a role in raising awareness?
Above all appears to be a need for greater transparency throughout the police service. What information would you like to police to give out to the public? And how do you think the police should be more transparent at every level, from Commissioner down to Officer?
So, what is your view? Please post your comments and let us know what you think about the police service in the Maldives today...
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looking at the blog OSA is doing a great job in bringing issues into light of the society..great work OSA...
Out of the 4,000 odd police officers in the Maldives I am sure that the majority are good people trying hard to look out for the citizens of the country. Unfortunately their hard work is continually undermined by the shady practices of a few unscrupulous thugs. Chief amongst these is the Police Commissioner Adam Zahir, a political appointee who sees his role as propping up the current regime.
Lets not forget that it was only fairly recently that the police force was separated from the military. It used to be little better than a paramilitary unit and was frequently used for late night arrests of dissidents designed to spread fear amongst the ordinary people of this country who had the temerity to speak out against the government.
Much progress has been made since then, but this progress has very much come from the efforts of hard-working and dedicated policemen and women, not from the organisation's bosses, who continue to treat the police force as a private fiefdom, promoting their cronies and relations and ignoring the efforts of the proper, honest workers.
True change within the police will only be achieved with the sacking of Adam Zahir and the separation of the police force from a political agenda. Hopefully this years elections will bring a new president with the guts to take on this task.
There is lot to improve in this institute(Police), we see that the young crowd is very much spoiled due to illegal substances I guess. even police don’t take this has a serious concern and young blood ends up in crime.
Young people are everywhere including the police. so if young people stand up just like the existing few who are involved in organizations like OSA..SOS..thing really might start changing...
6-7,000 kids leave school every year after doing their O/Ls. Only 1 in 4 make the grades to go on to A/Ls. The other 3 are left with hard-grained white collar aspirations but few employment options. Joining the police service is of course a dream come true for many of these kids. And we have to remember - most of them are just kids, often with good intentions and a determination to work hard and get ahead in life. Is it their fault that the system relies on confessions (often forced from detainees under duress) rather than forensic evidence? Can we attribute to them the inhuman conditions and treatment of detainees and prisoners (most of them not even knowing what constitutes 'human rights')? Or is it they who define policing as protection for the ruling elite rather than protection for the community at large? I do not think so. The whole system needs over-hauling starting first and foremost with Adam Zahir. And very importantly, there needs to be better training and awareness for police, focussing on working and living with the community they pledge to serve and protect.
I think things will only get better when the waay these people thuink chnges. A LONG long way to go before the questions u asked get any good answers.
I think Commissioner Zahir's leadership has developed the police force rapidly. All officers inclusive of Commissioner Zahir has done a great job to keep the peace during this difficult transitional time in Maldives history. Police will do a better job with propoer laws. They need Police Act, New Penal code, Evidence Act and Witness Protection Law to do their job. Ofcourse other Agencies like Attorney General,Courts and Penitentiary must do their job. If any of this agencies fails, it will reflect the police since they are at the forefront of th public. A leader like Commissioner Zahir is required to stay in that job atleast for another 2 years and he should develop one of his deputies for the job before he leaves his office.
after crime on foreigners especially expatriates working in male,police arrest criminals,see them in streets in morning --- no fir,no enquiry,no court. when ity happens to local people action is very fast. without expartiates u cannot run any labour jobs. -----xxxiixoo
people who say that police can perform their jobs better with the acts mentioned above is crap. With these acts , restrictions will arise. Now when they do not have any restrictions to do what ever they want, they are unable to do anything.
well, views are different if ot its something else. the police of this country is a waste of human power and a waste of the citizens money going into ash. they would be if they want to server the people instead they serve only him and they take him and his allies as gods. they will stop at nothing to defend him and his allies instead of defending their religion and the innocent
Few democratic countries in the world has the police:citizen ratio you have highlighted. So clearly there is no shortage of police officers in Maldives. About the training again, four months is just about the average found in other countries for basic training. Maldives police has officers trained from all over the world, perhaps they have more professionally trained specialists than any other one institute in Maldives. The number of graduates in MPS is significantly high as well. Police is way too politicized, and they don't seem to do anything to show the public that they are even trying to be apolitical. Changing the top level officers is a start, something already overdue.
I would like the police to publicly announce that the delivery of policing in the past was not the best, and that they are trying to improve it. Without recognition of mistakes, improvment is impossible. I woudl want police to publicly encourage the public to report incidences when they notice police behaving against the established rules and regulations. Instead of claiming that they need a Police Act to do the right thing, police should act rightiously as stipulated in Police acts of democratic countries.
Opinion may differ, I believe the vast crisis of this country is lake of Islamic education and as a result young generation without any hinder are committing crimes, because they believe and fear no body. At least if they fear the almighty they would not commit crimes that easy. God Bless Maldivians and may almighty lead us all to a better life.
maumoon abdul gayoom was chief of police during some of the worst police atrocities and mdp and the rest of the opposition should be trying to take him to an international court of law for crimes against humanity.
At higher level there is corruption while the young officers are just kids, who left education after 10th class and joined police service often with good intentions and a determination to work hard and get ahead in life. But they are not trained to handle cases and face the public in a way that they can earn respect as policemen.
I am fully opposed with the views expressed by people who perceive that Police does not perform their duties. Assume what would happen to a person left alone in a deep sea during a storm without any life saving equipment, he would most probably be dead within a shorr while. Same way Police do not have an Act for them to abide. Some of the people are misconceiving that it is the duty of the Police to look after the detainees on the whole process. The fact is that Police is one of the fewer law enforcement agency in Maldives which has steadily improved and developed during this political chaos. On the otherhand, we all should beleive the fact that Police has many obtsacles in enforcing the law due to the pressure from the so-called "Human Rights". As a Maldivian who is residing in europe, most of the nations, specially the UK, has an increase in crime rates for protecting these criminals and securing the rights for them. Every evening when you switched on the TV you would see in the news someone missing or a news of killing. The same is happening to Maldives. Criminals and Thugs would be the rulers in the nation. Public should decide if they should give fair power to the Police or just crtiticize Police and other Law enforcement agencies for what they do good to our nations future. Look whats on the minivan news on (11.05.08). They are trying to save the ass of a criminal, who has stabbed two innocent brothers. This is the reality of our nation.
ohh, I wonder who this is cliaming to ba maldivian living in Europe and trying to put inour minds that having strong human rights somehow increases violence & protects criminals. I would like to know if he/shes just plain ignorant or just trying to mislead us maldivians. Sir/madam, how long have you been in europe & do you know how the europena human rights & penal codes fnction? If you dont know I suuggest you do some home work & if you know but trying tu mislead us, be aware its futile effort, cos we maldivians know that human rights are not for protection of criminals ! thank you
I agree with most of the comments here. Its not the Police as a whole to be blamed for the incompetency. Mainly a handful of people who lead the force has too much dirt on their uniforms their hands are tied. Many of these officers would actually fight for the people if their immunity can be assured if they are free of human rights violations.
Regarding the drugs issue. How can a Police commissioner who used to be a Hippie and still is solve the problem..
Hi there Police officer in Europe.
For every criminal we have a penal code. They should be tried in court and brought to justice. You guys beating them is like we go out and beat them at their homes. No big difference to me.
They only deserve the punishment laid in our penal code. Nothing more, nothing less. The process of punishment is to rehabilitate them as well.
When you open your mouth just think of thee the victims of torture who actually went to prison over a bicycle lamp or who gave a wrong name to the ID card unit... Are these hard criminals who deserve the torture from your justice system?
The reason why we have Police is to make sure that we don't go out and take the law into our own hands and punish the 'suspected' guilty. And if Police can just beat a suspect, I don't really understand the necessity of having a Police force. We could just have an 'eye for an eye' rule.. Like how the gangs are doing right now..
I will tell you something. If you can solve the Police equation without the current top 10 ranking officials out Police issue will be solved for good... It a few corrupt top officials only..
Hey guys most of the comments are productive.Its just police in Maldives is more towards politics than professionalism.They treat the citizens as their enemy accept the ruling alite which is less than10 %. You Maldivians, don't you feel ashamed when you have a record number of crimes and violence although you are being one of the smallest countries in the world. And you are comparing Maldives with countries populating millions of people.
Young Maldivian police officers shame on you, you are unable to curb the number of crimes happening. Its not that you have no professionals and graduates or the number of police officers. Its just you don't have a ball to challenge with the corrupt system in your organization,with dignity. There can be no end to the violence in Maldives because your leadership is too corrupt and weak.
Police in Maldives is build for special reason (to protect the current regime) So it will not function perfect as police in other countries. Next government has to reform whole police in a newly form. & with well trained people. fully functional independent police integrity commission has 2 form.
Dear maldivian living in Europe,
Your are misinformed about the crime trends in England, when you said is increasing. It has steadly decreased since 1995, and that is despite the introduction of new offences by Tony Blairs New labour (http://www.crimestatistics.org.uk/output/Page54.asp).The same trend is visible in all industrialized nations, includin USA, Canada, Australia. However, it is true that fear of crime is on the rise in these countries and that has a strong relationship to Media reporting of crimes.
It is a universally agreed phenomenon (by police and social researchers)that media tends to overestimate sensationalize the level of crime, and focus on few, VIOLENT crimes that occure in a society. So it is no surprise that you see an incident of death or abduction every other day on TV. That does not mean crime is increasing, it simply means media focus has increased on what sells (and there is nothing more than crime stories that take public's attention).
You are right police is one of the few institutions that have had steady development rhetoric (it is only rhetoric as long as nothing is done in actuality). The police don't need an Act to reduce crime, an Act is required to make sure police power is accountable to the rule of law.
I agree, police in Maldives are too politicized. The police to public ratio in Maldives is one aspect one would demand for better policing in the country. But things go the other way. I don't believe the non-existence of relevant legislation has impeded better police performance. As it is evident, police show its effectiveness when dealing with demonstrations against the government whether it is lawful or unlawful.
Police claim they have had a rapid development since its separation from NSS. I wonder what that development is.
The truth is, under the current leadership in the country and the police organization, people of Maldives would not see a better police. We have seen and heard news about police affiliating with its counterparts and its officers getting trained in the FBI academy and other academies across the globe. The question is, has this benefited the public. Is the public living in a safer environment? NO.
According to sources in police, there are on going efforts to modernize training and these efforts are opposed by some senior ranking people. People who are engaged in using police officers and other resources to repress politicians from the opposition. It is said that there is a divide within police over a better policing strategy. The older generation that represents senior ranks wants a paramilitary style of policing and the newer generation wants a more democratic style of policing.
If police are to improve they have to show through actions that they are acting in the interest of the public and its safety. Another way to improve police performance is to have effective and independent accountability and oversight mechanisms.
Eight years ago I was one of those fresh recruits. Age 18 I was forced to join NSS after leaving SEC. They were recruiting young school leavers like as if we were going to start world war III tomorrow. The training center at Girifushi Island was full, so we were forced to start training in Male’. I know the people who were around. Most of them were 16 years old. And most of them were bullies. I know this, because they loved the place.
Mostly they (these young recruits) enjoyed the way some instructors would shout out loud with all the filthy at them. I don’t know why, but they liked it, maybe they enjoyed the feeling that soon they will be in a position to through some filthy language at a lower ranking officer. I never understood that part of military training. I remember a girl who joined the training a week after we started. She came in at our afternoon session and was exposed to this vulgar language right on her first day. She fainted that day. She was taken to rest room and we never so her again.
Then I had no idea what would be the out come of all this. But I knew something terrible is going to happen which would last for a very long time. The way of thinking has been so much distorted at such a young age. Most in police are still the military ones who came from NSS, especially the ones in so called “star force” which operates like a paramilitary group. Also the street patrols. Still reminds me of the phrase in Birds songs “Old enough to kill, but not for voting”.
There is a drastic need to change the way of thinking in the police sector. And this can be done when they believe change will coming. They need to learn that they have a responsibility to respect the opposition and the views and ways of which opposite views are expressed which does not contradict the law and regulations. They need to learn the law and the constitution. It will take a long time to do this.
Agree or not the views of the guy in Europe is the general thinking of the police officers. It’s a sad fact. It has been contributed by the years braining washing which I mention before. And another factor too. The opposition did a lot stir the anger of this brain washed soldiers. The “Golha Force” and other useless protest hypes were negative in the long run for the opposition.
My father is a senior police officer for sometime. May be he was there well before I was even born. I heard him say that bad people must be punished beyond the law because they get a very lenient punishment, just an exile to inhabited islands which is not enough correct their bad behaviour. Hence, he often tells us that he has ordered some to be "roughed up" inside the jails. He often remarks that we takes those guys to the "range" give them what Raiis Maumoon wanted us to do. Today after years of listening these "stories" from my own father, I am disgusted how we treat our prisoners, many who are just picked up without any basis. I remember one story very vividly because a telephone rang late in the night when my Dad was asked to go to the police HQ, by Isthafa Ibrahim Maniku, former strong man at Ministry of Defense, who asked my Dad "to step on the balls" and "makes sure he doesn't come out of Dhoonidhoo alive". He was referring to the guy who was running Seven Eleven in Male. I am glad my father left my mother for a younger woman and we have a chance to be simple honest and kind to others.
We've all been observing stark criticisms of the institutions of our Army and police for a while. As we spend about 6-8 Laari out of every Rufiyaa we get on these, it is definitely bound to be a cause of concern for a lot of us. But then these are very important institutions for a country. So, how can you do away with them? After all they are there to defend our nation and safeguard our public safety. How can we even think of going on as a nation without an army?
How many states in the world are able to maintain their nationhood and sovereignty without an army? Liechtenstein, (a principality – well, is it very different from a sovereign country?) the richest country in Europe with a per capita income of US 54 thousand doesn’t have one. Mauritius, located not very far from us, with a population of 1.2 million people and per capita income of USD 3,700 doesn’t have one either. Iceland, (which incidentally has a population the size of Maldives) the fifth richest country in the world in terms of per capita income also does not have an army. Some other countries that do not have armies are Andorra, Costa Rica, Dominica, Kiribati, Marshall islands, Micronesia, Monaco, Nauru, Palau, Panama, St Kitts and Nevis, St. Lucia, Samoa, San Marino, Solomon islands, Tuvalu, Vanuatu and Vatican city.
Now, I’m asking myself this question. Could the Maldives continue to be a nation if we were to do away with the institution we call our army? This is perhaps an issue we should open for a public discussion.
To further add on to the above comment.... Maldives does not need a military.. after all what strengths and capacity does it have to safe guard us? ... from military action by another state, acts of terrorism by a well organized non-state actor.. say LTTE! We would always have to ask for help from abroad...
What's better is to take off the military element and spend that 700-800 million rufiyaa on building the nation... if our state really wants to monopolize on the use of force they can then have the police element..without arms..
In this modern area... there are people who believe that it is the state that brings insecurity to it... and there is an ongoing notion that collective security through an international system is the way forward for instilling security in nation states...especially to thwart transnational threats in this age of globalization
As highlighted in the above comment, with a population of just 300,000 why do we have to spend that much of public money on military expenditure... can't we have bilateral or multilateral agreements to ensure our security...
MNDF has a strength close to 4000... what is that they do on a daily basis other than attending to calls of fire, maritime emergencies and coast guard duties?? The current volatility in the country needs strategic deployment of police in all parts to repress crime and anti-social behaviour...
My suggestion is to merge MNDF and MPS and form a modern democratic police force/service... this should go hand in hand with the full establishment of democratic setting in all areas and the removal of current leaders.....
I dont trust Maldivian police. They are thugs and bullies used for regime protection.
In most countries that favour a democratic form of government, wide public debate is held before such a bill is proposed to the parliament for discussion. Thus the interests of the community on the one hand and the rights and liberties of the individual on the other hand can be thoroughly debated. A bill on police powers proposed after such a debate would then strike a balance between these two aspects.But of course, Gayoom is neither interested in the community nor does he care much about the rights of the individual. The proposed bill simply maintains the existing system and gives the minister in charge all the powers. Giving the minister responsible such power is a widely used practice in various parts of the world. But the fundamental difference between these countries and the Maldives is that we do not have the power to sue the police in the Maldives and more importantly, the judiciary in these countries is independent.
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