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    "id": 1243568,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Shakila Abdalla",
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        "legal_name": "Shakila Abdalla",
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    "content": "Thank you, Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, for giving me this opportunity to support this Motion by Sen. Kibwana. Police are important human beings in this country. They are supposed to serve under good shape. It is dangerous for police officers to serve under the wrong state of mind. This is something very serious. If we have 12 to 13 per cent of our police officers who are mentally affected, then we are playing on dangerous zones. First, the police training barracks and the environment need to be improved so that when they get out of those trainings, they can perform their duty in a good manner and have a good attitude towards the citizens. However, when they get out of their training zones, they come out as bulldogs. They are so charged such that when they get you with a slight problem, they will pass with you. This attitude goes with their training. Their training should be changed. They should be trained in a friendly environment and on how to be friendly to citizens so that they are accepted and not isolated. This is because when we went to Shakahola, we were told that people who were being rescued would run in the bush when they saw police. Their thought that the police officers had come to arrest and not to rescue them. The attitude between police officers and citizens is causing a big problem. It even affects their mental health whereby they feel isolated and not accepted by the society. Sometimes, the police officers are forced to act and work illegally against the law. These instructions sometimes come from their bosses against their will. Those are things which disturb most of these police officers because they are working against the law and their level of accountability is very low considering they operate in impunity. Sometimes, it is not their choice. They are forced to do such things. It starts from the top to bottom. As a father or a parent, you cannot be a bad example in your family and expect the child to behave in a better manner. If a police officer is told to go look for money out there and bring a certain amount of it to their boss at the end of the day, how do you expect that officer to work with or within the law? These mental problems contribute to a lot of things. If we need to improve, this should be looked at different angles. When these police officers come out from barracks, their mental status is supposed to be checked and there should be a way for them to be"
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