Police in Pan Nyok Payam in Warrap state urgently need uniforms and more officers to manage security effectively says the Deputy Police Inspector of the area.

DPI Aguek Bol Yor said that the Payam must also stop using volunteers and untrained personnel.

“At least the Payam headquarters need 15 policemen and trained police in the Bomas for the community to respect them,” he said.

The national police spokesperson, Colonel James Monday Enoka told Eye Radio that  “currently the officers down there come from the background of the police which is the SPLA, Militia group, or old Sudan and even from civilians”

Colonel Enoka said “not only in Warrap state, most of the states, the uniform were run out and they need new ones which we have already received and have sent to the states, but there are some bad roads in some places. It is a matter of time otherwise we are already in custody of new uniforms which we have received and distribution have already started”

Colonel Monday also said all police must have “proper training as security personnel”.