INSPECTOR General of Police Grapheal Musamba says the Office of the Public Protector should have engaged the police first to register their concerns on the issue of vehicle impoundment before rushing to the media. And Musamba says traffic police officers know which vehicles are impoundable because they are at the scene. Last week, the Office of the Public Protector said it was concerned with increased reports of unlawful impounding of motor vehicles by some traffic police officers. In a statement issued by Senior Public Relations Officer Smart Kalaluka, Thursday, Public Protector Caroline Sokoni had observed that some traffic police officers preferred impounding vehicles as a scheme to solicit bribes from inconvenienced motorists. But in an interview, Monday, Musamba described the...

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