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Police officers urged to buy Chihuri book
29 Sep 2015 at 07:03hrs | Views
THE Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) has reportedly urged all its estimated 50 000 officers to buy Commissioner-General Augustine Chihuri's recently published book at a staggering price of $100 per copy.
Titled The History of Policing in Zimbabwe, the book was part of Chihuri's thesis for his doctorate at Mount Carmel Institute of Business Intelligence.
Police sources said the directive to buy the book was to ostensibly enable them to "understand the history of the police and how to go about our work" in a project where Chihuri is assured of raking in no less than $4 million from his subordinates.
According to police insiders, ordinary officers - from constables to chief inspectors - were being "asked" to buy the book at $100 each.
The insiders said commissioned ranks were being told to "show your appreciation for the boss by paying more".
However, ZRP national spokesperson Senior Assistant Commissioner Charity Charamba yesterday dismissed the reports as "an outright lie".
Titled The History of Policing in Zimbabwe, the book was part of Chihuri's thesis for his doctorate at Mount Carmel Institute of Business Intelligence.
Police sources said the directive to buy the book was to ostensibly enable them to "understand the history of the police and how to go about our work" in a project where Chihuri is assured of raking in no less than $4 million from his subordinates.
According to police insiders, ordinary officers - from constables to chief inspectors - were being "asked" to buy the book at $100 each.
The insiders said commissioned ranks were being told to "show your appreciation for the boss by paying more".
However, ZRP national spokesperson Senior Assistant Commissioner Charity Charamba yesterday dismissed the reports as "an outright lie".
Source - newsday
