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NPS Distances Itself From Lady 'Cop' Threatening Revellers At Night Club

Fridah Wangechi | 1 year ago
The lady alleging that she was a police officer and threatened to arrest revellers at an entertainment joint. COURTESY
The lady alleging that she was a police officer and threatened to arrest revellers at an entertainment joint. COURTESY

The National Police Service (NPS) has released a statement dissociating itself from claims made by a lady captured in a clip that has since gone viral that she was a police officer , threatening to make arrests at a club in the city over alleged crimes conducted by revellers.

The lady who in the clip looked rather intoxicated was at the entertainment joint where she seemed to get into a disagreement with the patrons and started issuing threats of arrest identifying herself as an Inspector General of Police in Nairobi County which according to her gave her the leeway to arrest and search their belongings.

"Yes, I'm allowed to search your phone." I'm allowed to search your bag, power of arrest.... you are a civilian... I'm a police officer," the lady stated.

"Do you even have a license for this place? Do you have Covid restrictions for this place? Mimi ni inspector wa polisi wa Nairobi County( I am the inspector of police in Nairobi County), why are you harassing me?" she posed appearing quite inebriated.

The police in their statement distanced themselves from the claims, stating that she was neither a police boss nor a police officer and could not conduct any arrests over alleged crimes, but believed that she was attached to the Nairobi Metropolitan Services(NMS) and that she was impersonating the police.

"The impression created by the clip supposes that the said lady is a police officer misusing her law enforcement powers. This is to confirm to the public that the said lady as portrayed is not a police officer under the NPS as believed but an enforcement officer working for Nairobi Metropolitan Services (NMS)," the NPS said on its social media accounts on Tuesday, June 14.

"Any claim made by her being a police inspector is viewed as impersonation of a police officer," the statements continued.

Further the NPS stated that police officers under the service were seconded to the NMS to perform tasks such as training of its officers and were hence proud to discharge their mandate in compliance with the law in observance of the highest standards of discipline.

"As NPS, we therefore hold our officers accountable to such high standards to ensure such standards to ensure efficient and effective service provision to the public," the statement concluded.

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