No officer would have been injured if they were in armoured vehicles – Police

POLICE spokesperson Esther Katongo says no police officer would have been injured during the clash between PF cadres and the police on Saturday if they were all in the newly procured armoured vehicles. Speaking on Hot FM Red Hot Breakfast show, Monday, Katongo said people should stop politicising the procurement of police armoured vehicles and consider the protection of police officers. “The issue of people complaining to say ‘government has bought this equipment like we are in a war torn country’, have you seen what happened to officers? Those armoured vehicles are specifically for the protection of our police officers. If all our officers were in the armoured vehicles, no one was going to be injured by the stones which…...