The Assistant Minister of Home Affairs and Public Safety says harmonious relations between the police and the public is essential for good policing.

Ms Lineo Molise made this assertion at a meeting between the Police Complaints Authority (PCA), the heads of government departments and the District Council in Leribe on Tuesday.

She said the PCA is specifically charged with the responsibility of fostering healthy relations between the police and the public while at the same time encouraging prompt dispensation of justice.

She urged the attendees to sensitize the public on the roles of the PCA so that they could utilize the services offered by the Authority.

Responding to calls for the decentralization of PCA, PCA’s Director Mrs. Thakane Chimombe said the process is in the pipeline even though government’s immediate attention is to empower the police with resources.


The Police Complaints Authority has been established under the section 22 of Lesotho Mounted Police Service Act No 3 of 1998 and among its objectives are to oversee operation of police, their conduct with public, their general protection and condition under which they work.

SOURCE: LENA 25/07/2007