High Court Issues Orders on Police Officers Wearing Nametags & Face Masks
High Court Issues Orders on Police Officers Wearing Nametags & Face Masks: The High Court on Wednesday directed all police officers to wear nametags and uniforms when handling protesters.
“A conservatory order be and is hereby issued requiring the 5th Respondent (National Police) to ensure full compliance with Paragraph 10 of the Sixth Schedule to the National Police Service Act in terms of ensuring that all uniformed Police Officers or persons acting under the direction, control, or in support of the National Police Service shall at all times affix a nametag or an identifiable service number in a clearly visible part of their uniform when engaging with, providing security for, or in any way dealing with any person(s) who is or is planning on assembling, demonstrating, picketing, or petitioning; and they shall not remove or obscure the same,” Mwamuye ruled.
The judge further directed that where plainclothes or non-uniformed Police Officers are deployed, they should not wear balaclavas or attempt to hide their identities.
In the directive, the judge further directed the National Police Service not to obscure the identification, registration, or markings of any motor vehicle used buy authorities during protests.
The petition was filed Several videos emerged of plain-clothed individuals believed to be police officers forcefully abducting individuals.
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