Egypt’s police force: Loathed but indispensable
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CAIRO — Egypt’s long-despised police force, which deserted the streets during an uprising that toppled Hosni Mubarak, is being urged to come back to deal with rising crime.
But the question of what to do about the police has put the country’s new military rulers in an awkward position as they struggle to restore confidence in a force accused of torture and repression under Mubarak.
A series of high-profile sackings of senior officers and the dissolution of the feared secret police — the State Security Investigations — have managed to quell some of the anger.
And officials are urging people to be tolerant, calling on them to welcome the new reformed police force back to the streets..... MORE
Source: The Daily Tribune
URL: http://www.tribuneonline.org/commentary/20110611com3.html
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