Even more seriously, community representatives, including the village (suco) chiefs, are not aware of any channel in PNTL to address complaints against police officers who misuse their authority or violate human rights. There is, in fact, no clear mechanism for receiving and processing public complaints against police officers.
Plus préoccupant encore, les responsables locaux, y compris les chefs de village (suco), n &apos; ont connaissance d &apos; aucun moyen de déposer une plainte auprès de la Police nationale en cas d &apos; abus d &apos; autorité ou de violation des droits de l &apos; homme par un policier, et il n &apos; existe effectivement aucun mécanisme clairement établi pour recevoir et traiter ce type de plaintes.