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| Saturday, 3 January 2004 |
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Traffic police should educate public to minimize accidents - IGP by Sarath Malalasekera The Traffic Police Headquarters must organise a country wide program to educate motorists about road accidents and traffic laws, said IGP Indra de Silva. This would help produce civilised citizens, he said at a ceremony to handover badges and certificates to 40 junior traffic policemen who followed a two and a half week training course. Only civilised motorists could minimise road accidents and end traffic jams on highways, the IGP said at the ceremony at the Police Headquarters on Thursday. The IGP said media has a very important role educating public to maintain law and order. It is important that a policeman should be a good driver to become a traffic policemen, he said. Traffic police personnel must also advise motorists to obey traffic laws and colour signals, the IGP said. Driving under influence of liquor is a very serious offence. It is the prime duty of traffic police to educate motorists on traffic laws, he said. Traffic policemen and women should always be courteous to motorists and try to win their hearts by explaining matters in a very friendly manner, the IGP added. The IGP said what policemen learned from the course should be put into practice. They should also educate other officers in their police stations. "I know that policemen face difficulties when performing their duties. I have organised a program to minmise these difficulties immediately," the IGP added. The public always focus on the police. Every action of policemen and women should bring credit to the department. Policemen must maintain the dignity of the profession, the IGP added. The three policemen who obtained the highest marks are Bandara Devatagedara, P.M.C.A.B. Palihena and Asela Kauvithana. The junior traffic policemen praised the training course organisers. They said it was a very important training which equipped them for their day to day activities in the field. Senior DIGs Gamini Randeni, Jayatissa Herath and Bodhi Liyanage and DIGs Jayantha Wickremaratne and Daya Jayasundera assisted in awarding the certificates and badges to the Traffic Policemen. Senior SPs Alfred Wijewardena, Gamini Karunathilake, S.M. Wickremasinghe, SP R.E. Chitranjan, ASP K. Arsarathnam and Inspector Jinna Wijeratne also participated. |
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