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Political favour has weakened Police, and confidence will not return until enforcement of discipline without interference

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Wednesday, 4 November 2026 at 23:59
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Political favour has weakened Police, and confidence will not return until enforcement of discipline without interference
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by Mahil Dole Senior Superintendent of Police (Retd.) A police service may defend an officer or an action only when the facts support that defence. Once the facts no longer do so, continued defence becomes a further wrong. It shields error.

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  • —by Mahil Dole Senior Superintendent of Police (Retd.) A police service may defend an officer or an action only when the facts support that defence.
  • —Once the facts no longer do so, continued defence becomes a further wrong.
  • —It shields error, signals to the ranks that accountability can be avoided, and erodes the single asset [].
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