Security: a hotline to denounce police abuse

114 may be called at any time for free, from all telephone networks operating in the DRC. The number operates 24 hours 24 is made available to the public since May 29, to learn about the abuses committed by certain officers of the order. By launching this service, the General Inspectorate of the Congolese National Police (PNC) has recommended to all who live in the country and who will be victims of abuse from a police officer to call at any time and from any network.

However, the population was also warned against the false denunciations. "We must not falsely accuse the police. Do not use it to tell his life, "warned Gen. Constantin Mudekereza who urged people to make good use of this instrument available to him for his safety. He, cons, announced measures to protect the service against misuse. "The population has time to communicate his complaint and it will not abuse it, because we know when we can cut this communication," he warned.

Vice Minister of the Interior and Security, Aegis Kongoso, has, meanwhile, promised exemplary sanctions against PNC refractory to discipline and the laws of the Republic by this service because they are now under close surveillance.

A partnership with the UN mission

This service is a partnership between the PNC and the UN mission in DRC (Monusco). The latter will continue to help, according to officials of the National Police, in the monitoring of all the corners where the police would have behaved badly.

Monusco, by the head of its police, Wafi Abdallah, reaffirmed the desire to support the PNC in the process of reform of the security sector in the DRC.

Recall that another toll on 081 080 0012, had also been commissioned since 2011 by the National Network of organizations defending human rights in the DRC and the Joint United Nations Office for the right of the man to fight against all violations of human rights.