Municipal police should lead urban traffic enforcement

HARARE, Aug. 13 (NewsDay Live) — Municipal police are best placed to lead urban traffic enforcement because they understand local traffic patterns, infrastructure constraints and community priorities better than distant national agencies, Harare City Council chief traffic officer Martin Chimombe has said.

Chimombe made the remarks at a traffic enforcement master parade in Harare this week, as government moves to give municipal police arresting powers.

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