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NEWS > 18 April 2006

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Training, drug use major issue
Lack of training, equipment and mentors are hampering efforts to transfer responsibility for Afghanistan's domestic security to local forces, US military officials say.

Widespread drug use, tribal divisions, corruption and a high drop-out rate are also slowing attempts to create a credible force able to protect the public from Taliban insurgents and tackle general crime.

Some of the problems are on display in the village of Golestan, in the rural western province of Farah, where a US military team is training 47 police recruits.

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Cop accused of corruption out

A police constable accused of corruption is out on bail Tuesday evening while another policeman also accused of corruption remains behind bars.
Constables Peter O'Connor and Ricardo Evans appeared in the Montego Bay Resident Magistrate's Court Tuesday morning to answer to charges of breaches of the Corruption Prevention Act.

Constable O'Connor was granted bail in the sum of $100,000 while Constable Evans was remanded after the court heard that he faced a similar charge a few years ago.

That case was dropped as the complainant did not pursue the matter at the time.

The court was told that on March 4 the two cops were on mobile patrol along the Howard Cooke Highway when they stopped a motorist and requested his documents.

The cops then told the motorist that the vehicle had been tampered with and drove it to the Mount Salem Police station.

The motorist was then taken to a room where he was given the option of signing over the vehicle to Constable Evans or paying a $150,000 bribe.

The motorist refused to pay and was locked up at the Freeport Police station for three days before being asked to fork out $5,000 for the return of his documents.

Constable Evans was arrested earlier this month after a tussle with cops from the Internal Affairs Division at the Mount Salem police station.

Police say he pulled his gun in a bid to avoid being arrested.

He eventually threw the weapon away after another officer, who was armed with a M-16 rifle, and wearing a bullet-proof vest, ordered him to give himself up.

Constable Evans is also charged with assault at common law.

O'Connor was charged after a ruling was handed down by the Director of Public Prosecutions, Kent Pantry, a week later.

Both cops are to return to court on May 2.

 

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