The National Police Service in a shocking move on Tuesday banned traffic roadblocks and static police checks across the country.
This move to ban the Traffic roadblocks came in the wake of several complaints by motorists that the police officers were just collecting bribes while doing nothing.
Just recently, the Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission had a rough time arresting four police officers at Kombewa along Kisumu Bondo road.
The incident led to a serious melee that saw a traffic police physically assault as the other one cocked his gun in a bid to avoid being arrested by the EACC detectives.
Despite the resistance at the roadblocks, the officers managed to nab one traffic cop, a sergeant.
According to a report by the Star Newspaper, the policewoman was held in a suspected case of receiving a bribe.
EACC communication officer Yasin Amoro said that the agency had received numerous complaints from members of the public concerning traffic police officers soliciting bribes on major roads in the Western region.
Amoro added that the EACC Western Regional intelligence and operations team undertook a detailed covert surveillance and profiled several police check points for purposes of executing sting operations.
“The targeted check points had been mounted by police officers from different traffic police bases,” he said.
“One police officer was arrested, another cocked his gun and fled the scene while two others commandeered boda boda riders and fled towards the police station,” the officer added.
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