Pamene ndinasankhidwa kukhala Commissioner wa apolisi ndi Upandu mu May, ndinalonjeza kusunga maganizo a nzika pamtima pa zokonzekera zamtsogolo. Chimodzi mwamaudindo ofunikira kwambiri omwe ndili nawo ndikuyimira malingaliro a omwe amakhala ndikugwira ntchito ku Surrey momwe chigawo chathu chimayendetsedwa ndi apolisi ndipo ndikufuna kuwonetsetsa kuti zomwe anthu amaika patsogolo ndizofunikira kwanga. Chifukwa chake ndili wokondwa kuwonetsa Mapulani anga a Apolisi ndi Zaupandu omwe adafotokoza madera omwe ndikukhulupirira kuti Apolisi a Surrey akuyenera kuyang'ana pa nthawi yanga yaudindo.
Pali zinthu zingapo zomwe madera athu andiuza kuti ndizofunikira kwa iwo monga kuthana ndi khalidwe lodana ndi chikhalidwe cha anthu m'dera lawo, kukonza maonekedwe a apolisi, kupanga misewu ya m'boma kukhala yotetezeka komanso kupewa nkhanza kwa amayi ndi atsikana. Dongosololi lapangidwa kuti liwonetsere zomwe zili zofunika kwambiri ndipo lipereka maziko omwe ndiyenera kuchititsa Chief Constable kuti aziyankha ntchito yaupolisi yomwe madera athu amayembekezera komanso oyenera.
Ntchito yayikulu yapita popanga Dongosololi ndipo ndidafuna kuwonetsetsa kuti likuwonetsa malingaliro osiyanasiyana momwe ndingathere pazinthu zomwe zili zofunika kwa anthu aku Surrey. Mothandizidwa ndi Wachiwiri kwa Commissioner wanga, Ellie Vesey- Thompson, tinayamba kukambirana ndi ofesi ya Commissioner. Izi zinaphatikizapo kufufuza m'chigawo chonse cha anthu okhala ku Surrey ndikukambirana mwachindunji ndi magulu akuluakulu monga MP, makhansala, magulu ozunzidwa ndi opulumuka, achinyamata, akatswiri ochepetsa umbanda ndi chitetezo, magulu achiwawa akumidzi ndi omwe akuimira madera osiyanasiyana a Surrey.
Zomwe tidamva zinali zotamanda zambiri kwa apolisi a Surrey, ogwira ntchito ndi odzipereka kudera lonselo, komanso chikhumbo chofuna kuona apolisi owoneka bwino m'madera athu, kuthana ndi zolakwazo ndi nkhani zomwe zili zofunika kwa anthu omwe amakhala.
Magulu athu apolisi sangakhale paliponse ndipo milandu yambiri yomwe amayenera kuthana nayo, monga nkhanza zapakhomo ndi chinyengo, zimachitika mosawonekera - m'nyumba za anthu komanso pa intaneti. Tikudziwa kuti apolisi owoneka bwino angapereke chilimbikitso kwa okhalamo, koma tikuyenera kuwonetsetsa kuti izi zikupita kumalo oyenera komanso zili ndi cholinga.
Sindikukayika kuti ino ndi nthawi zovuta. M'miyezi 18 yapitayi apolisi akhala akuvutitsidwa kwambiri chifukwa adazolowera kupereka ntchito ndikusamalira zothandizira panthawi ya mliri wa Covid-19. Posachedwapa anthu akhala akuwunika kwambiri pambuyo pa imfa yodabwitsa ya Sarah Everard m'manja mwa wapolisi. Izi zadzetsa mkangano waukulu wokhudzana ndi nkhanza zomwe amayi ndi atsikana amakumana nazo ndipo apolisi ali ndi ntchito yayikulu yothana ndi vutoli, kuthana ndi zomwe zimayambitsa kukhumudwitsa komanso kubwezeretsa chidaliro paupolisi.
Ndamva kuchokera kwa inu momwe kulili kofunika kuti iwo omwe alakwira, omwe amayang'ana anthu omwe ali pachiopsezo kapena kuopseza madera athu ayenera kuweruzidwa. Ndamvanso momwe kulili kofunika kwa inu kuti mumve kuti mukulumikizana ndi Apolisi a Surrey komanso kuti muthe kupeza chithandizo mukachifuna.
Kulinganiza zofuna izi ndizovuta zomwe atsogoleri athu apolisi amakumana nazo. Tikulandira ndalama zambiri zothandizira apolisi kuchokera ku Boma, koma zitenga nthawi kuti apolisiwa alembedwe ntchito ndikuphunzitsidwa. Popeza ndakhala nthawi yayitali ndikucheza ndi magulu athu a polisi kuyambira pomwe ndidasankhidwa, ndadzionera ndekha khama ndi kudzipereka komwe amachita tsiku lililonse kuteteza dera lathu kukhala lotetezeka. Iwo akuyenera kuyamikiridwa ndi ife tonse chifukwa cha kudzipereka kwawo kosalekeza.
Surrey ndi malo abwino kwambiri okhalamo ndikugwira ntchito ndipo ndadzipereka kugwiritsa ntchito Dongosololi ndikugwira ntchito ndi Chief Constable kuti tiwonetsetse kuti tili ndi ntchito yapolisi yomwe dera lino lingapitirire kunyada.
Lisa Townsend,
Police and Crime Commissioner for Surrey