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“Do not en­gage the po­lice!”

Re­in­forc­ing this warn­ing yes­ter­day as he ad­vised the pub­lic against fac­ing off with of­fi­cers as they ex­e­cute their du­ties, the act­ing Com­mis­sion­er of Po­lice (CoP) is once again de­fend­ing the ac­tions of law­men.

In re­spond­ing to ques­tions that po­lice-in­volved killings had in­creased since the start of the year, Ju­nior Ben­jamin said the man­date for the po­lice of­fi­cers re­mained clear and con­cise.