Anything that posses a real or perceived threat or challenge to a person’s well-being can cause stress.This is the feeling that people have when they are overloading and strugling to cope with demands.
Over the knowlege that some of our police officer are committing suicide, the Interior Cabinet Secretary Fred Matiang’i has addressed the matter while speaking at the Loresho police training on Monday. He spoke to regional commanders.
He asked the commanders to have a talk with the officers and get to know what ails them either at work or at home.
“… let us know these people. They may go through ordinary challenges…you find an officer is fighting with the girlfriend and thereby committing suicide,” Matiang’i said.
“If these young people disagree with their partners, they kill themselves… talk to them and show them a way out, tell them they can always find somebody who loves them than the current person they have,” he said.
Noting that counselling of individuals may not be enough, Matiangi said bosses should approach the junior officers without a ‘rank’ attitude.
“Let us be frank, even if we bring counselling to them it will not be enough, we have to support them.. Let us work for our people.. supervise the officers, sit down with your officers,” he said.
“Let us not pull our ranks every time. You hear others saying that ooh I can’t sit down with these junior people… It is your jurisdiction. Walk there and find out how they are working.”