Police Officers Banned From Buying Mealie Meal While In Uniform
Members of the Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) have been banned from buying mealie meal while clad in their police uniforms. This follows numerous complaints that the police officers are abusing their uniforms to gain an unfair advantage and jump the queues for basic commodities such as subsidized mealie meal. Police officers have subsequently been accused of hoarding basic commodities which they would have managed to purchase using their uniforms.
As a result of this, the police officers have been banned from buying mealie meal while clad in uniform. Below is a letter from the Bulawayo Provincial Police Headquarters advising of the new regulations:
FROM: PROPOL BULAWAYO
TO: ALL STATIONS CLASS ‘A’ BULAWAYO
RDO: CC 562/20 DD 18/04/20
SUBJECT: PROHIBITION OF PURCHASE OF MEALIE-MEAL BY POLICE OFFICERS IN UNIFORM STOP
THIS OFFICE OBSERVED WITH GREAT CONCERN THE LEVEL OF SERIOUS CONTEMPT AND DISREGARD OF POLICE STANDARD OF DISCIPLINE IN CENTRAL BUSINESS DISTRICT AND VARIOUS LOCATIONS IN BULAWAYO STOP
MEMBERS ARE SEEN MOVING AROUND CARRYING BAGS OF MEALIE-MEAL IN UNIFORM STOP
IT IS AGAINST THIS BACKGROUND THAT ADDRESSEES CMM WITH IMMEDIATE EFFECT CEASE TO PURCHASE MEALIE-MEAL IN POLICE UNIFORM STOP
OFFICERS AND MEMBERS IN CHARGE STATIONS ARE THUS DIRECTED TO COMPILE LISTS OF MEMBERS UNDER THEIR COMMAND AND FORWARD THEM TO THIS HEADQUARTERS AS ARRANGEMENTS HAVE ALREADY BEEN MADE WITH MILLERS TO DELIVER THE COMMODITY AT POLICE CAMPS FOR YOUR CONVENIENCE STOP
ADDRESSEES ARE DIRECTED TO TREAT THIS SIGNAL WITHOUT DISDAINCY STOP
ANYONE WHO SHALL BE SEEN LOADED WITH MEALIE-MEAL IN THEIR PERSON WHILST IN POLICE UNIFORM WILL BE ARRESTED AND DISCIPLINARY ACTION TAKEN STOP
STOP STOP
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191035B SS
Below is the actual document.
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