Author name: Tharindu Withanage

The representatives of several bus owners’ associations held a discussion with the Acting Inspector General of Police Attorney-at-Law, Mr. Priyantha Weerasooriya stating that the bus drivers and bus owners have been put to great inconvenience due to the special traffic operation initiated by the Sri Lanka Police under the Clean Sri Lanka National Project to ensure public safety on the road. This meeting was held at Police Headquarters in the morning on 08.01.2025. During this discussion Inspector General of Police emphasized that the discipline shown by the people of a country on the road is a measure of the state of the country, and that the number of accidents reported daily has dropped significantly due to these operations conducted under the existing laws and the Inspector General of Police explained to the bus association owners that the law will be enforced continuously to remove the illegal spare parts installed on the vehicles to reduce the loss of life in the event of a traffic accident. The Inspector General further stated that within the two week period given for removal of illegal spare parts, removal of spare parts in such a manner as to increase loss of life in the event of an accident should be done and three months could be given to remove other spare parts or to include those parts in the registration certificate of the vehicle. Further, the Inspector General of Police mentioned here that regardless of the objections of the bus owners and drivers, police officers dressed in civilian clothes will continue to identify cases of traffic violations while traveling in buses for the sake of protecting the lives of the public.

Since it is highly important, the active involvement of police canines in eliminating crimes as well as drugs from Sri Lanka, the Police Kennel Division takes constant actions to acquire expertise on special trainings of canines. Recently, a few canines belonging to the breeds that can be trained for performing police kennel duties have been brought to Sri Lanka from the Netherlands, and in the meantime, police officers are being engaged in training those canines. Mr. Arnold Van Den Oeteaar and Mr. Kenneth Mathias, the dutch officials who came to Sri Lanka to provide the necessary support and expertise to the program, met  Mr. Priyantha Weerasuriya,(Attorney at Law) the acting Inspector General of Police, today at the Office of the Inspector General of Police and held a discussion with respect to the said program.

‘Tell IGP’ Service, which was functionning to provide you with the opportunity to present your ideas and suggestions regarding the police service, as well as any type of complaint that should be brought to the attention of the Inspector General of Police, was re-established on the morning of 06.01.2025 under the leadership of the Acting Inspector General of Police, Attorney-at-Law, Mr. Prinayantha Weerasooriya. To obtain this service that offers prompt responses, you should visit the E-Service link on the official website ‘www.police.lk’ and select the ‘Tell IGP’ icon and submit the complaint by entering the correct information in the form. Link- https://telligp.police.lk/  If you feel that your complaint lodged at the police station is not being properly investigated, please forward it to the Inspector General of Police. This is a service which is provided round the clock.