The police are urging the public to report any officers who refuse to take on cases reported to them.
 
NamPol's Head of Media Relations, Chief Inspector Elifas Kuwinga, said this at a public discussion themed "Unmasking Crime in Namibia".

Chief Inspector Kuwinga says communities need to group together and find ways to report crimes in a timely fashion to allow police adequate time for a prompt response.
 
Some concerns raised by attendees included a lack of trust between the police and the public, a lack of consistency from the police in handling cases on time, and bad treatment by the police of people reporting crimes.
 
Commissioner Emma Nafuka, the Head of Rehabilitation at the Namibia Correctional Service, says crime begins when people start to justify wrongdoing.
 
She stated how vulnerable people on the streets are left alone to fend for themselves, only getting access to food once they become criminals.

Professor Lucy Edwards from the Social and Economic Justice Trust said there is a need to train police officers to act swiftly when cases are reported and to equip officers, who she says often tell members of the public they have no cars to attend crime scenes.