CHIEFS at the Borderline, East Honiara has reiterated the call for the rebuilding of the Borderline Police Post during a meeting with the police recently.
The chiefs said if the Borderline Police Post is rebuilt, the crime rate in the area will reduce.
They said some of the increasing criminal incidents happening at Borderline include, stealing, demanding vehicle drivers for money and stoning of police vehicles.
A retired police officer Maxwell Saelea, who is living at the Borderline, said there is need for police presence in the area.
Mr Saelea said he could not understand why the Police Infrastructure Department failed to build a new police post in the area.
“A police post in the area will create safety for women and girls including old people returning late from work in the evenings.
“It must be rebuilt for the community and I urge the police commissioner to give orders for the new post to be built as far as law and order in the Border area is concern,” the former police officer said.
Meanwhile, Mr Saelea said the old police post was initially recommended by the Honiara City Council Health Division for demolition due to the infestation of termites.
“The Building and Health Inspector Assessment and Recommendation stated that the old police post building was not safe for occupation or human habitation,” Mr Saelea said.
He said the old police post at Borderline was then burnt in 2013.
By LESLEY SANGA
