{"id":89519,"date":"2024-01-11T21:04:28","date_gmt":"2024-01-11T19:04:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/zrp-bans-police-officers-from-sports-betting"},"modified":"2024-01-12T14:03:10","modified_gmt":"2024-01-12T12:03:10","slug":"zrp-bans-police-officers-from-sports-betting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.cc\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/zrp-bans-police-officers-from-sports-betting","title":{"rendered":"ZRP Bans Police Officers From Sports Betting"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Zimbabwe. <\/strong><\/span>The Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) has banned its members from soccer betting after a picture of two uniformed police officers placing a wager in a betting house in Harare went viral, reported ZimLive.<\/p>\n<p>Police officers found betting face arrest and detention, according to a 06 January \u201cradio signal\u201d sent to all police stations from \u201cCOMPOL OPS\u201d (Commissioner Police Operations). It says:<\/p>\n<p>Commanders are requested to arrest, detain and advise this location all officers and members found betting.<\/p>\n<p>The memo reportedly originated from the office of Assistant Commissioner Kenneth Thebe who is in charge of ZRP operations, and was sent under the subject: \u201cSoccer betting by police officers and members.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The communication does not say what charges police officers face. However, the Police Act criminalise \u201cacting in an unbecoming manner&#8230; reasonably likely to bring discredit to the police force.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In Zimbabwe, soccer betting is not just a pastime but thousands of people will be trying their luck to supplement their paltry wages.<\/p>\n<p>Police officers, like all State employees, are some of the worst-paid professionals in Zimbabwe with average salaries of less than US$400.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\">Zimbabwe<\/a> Follow <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/\">Africa-Press<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Zimbabwe. The Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) has banned its members from soccer betting after a picture of two uniformed police officers placing a wager in a betting house in Harare went viral, reported ZimLive. Police officers found betting face arrest and detention, according to a 06 January \u201cradio signal\u201d sent to all police [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":89518,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,12],"tags":[1493,2189,14546,14547,16169,19],"class_list":{"0":"post-89519","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-all-news","8":"category-policy","9":"tag-africa-press","10":"tag-africa-press-zimbabwe-2","11":"tag-betting","12":"tag-soccer-betting","13":"tag-sports-betting","14":"tag-zimbabwe"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v24.1 (Yoast SEO v24.1) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>ZRP Bans Police Officers From Sports Betting - zimbabwe<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) has banned its members from soccer betting after a picture of two uniformed police of ...\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/zrp-bans-police-officers-from-sports-betting\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"ZRP Bans Police Officers From Sports Betting\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) has banned its members from soccer betting after a picture of two uniformed police of ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/zrp-bans-police-officers-from-sports-betting\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"zimbabwe\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2024-01-11T19:04:28+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2024-01-12T12:03:10+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/sites\/14\/2024\/01\/sm_1704994821.17108.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1170\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"882\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/zrp-bans-police-officers-from-sports-betting\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/zrp-bans-police-officers-from-sports-betting\",\"name\":\"ZRP Bans Police Officers From Sports Betting - 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