-team work -cases relating to -full court procedure children Changes -mediation first before -now completing the -wearing uniforms -Peace Officers now implemented full court sitting Case Register and present in court -improved after the training quarterly returns -wearing uniforms to attendance and -conduct mediations court -conduct mediation punctuality of VCOs for win-win situation before full court sitting -improve VCOs’ -that Clerk can advise -determine difference -judge the penalty between civil and attendance magistrates accordingly criminal cases -disarm people during -now lead by court sittings -more commitments example -approach defendants from VCOs in a friendly way -proper way of serving -conduct mediation court order -refer to the new VC (in villages) before -correct court sittings going to full court in Manual when in doubt -from 1 magistrate to 3 -now have 3 to 5 Tinputz station magistrates hearing -Magistrates magistrates to hear cases in full court withdraws if parties -implement proper cases are relatives sitting arrangements -court adjourns for -improve attendance short break to -all 5 magistrates hear -VC sittings opened and punctuality of with prayer and deliberate cases cases VCOs chairman opened all -not to charge -change in people’s -uniforms sittings mediation fines/fees attitude -change in court fines -raise the flags of the -attendance and (increased from K100 ARB and PNG during punctuality of VCOs to K200) and sittings maximum -now have 3 to 5 compensation magistrates in (increased from sittings K1000 to K2000) -peace officer presence during court sittings “I never really liked to hear cases before because some people questioned where I got trained as a magistrate. Now because I have been trained, I am proud in what I do and am always present at hearings.” “The training has taught me what I should do as a Peace Officer so I am now serving my Village Court well. The training increased my knowledge of Village Court processes and given me confidence to perform my duties.”
-team work -cases relating to children -full court procedure Changes implemented after the training -mediation first before full court sitting -wearing uniforms to court -improve VCOs’ attendance -disarm people during court sittings -proper way of serving court order -from 1 magistrate to 3 magistrates hearing cases in full court -court adjourns for short break to deliberate cases -not to charge mediation fines/fees -now completing the Case Register and quarterly returns -conduct mediation before full court sitting -judge the penalty accordingly -more commitments from VCOs -refer to the new VC Manual when in doubt -Magistrates withdraws if parties are relatives -all 5 magistrates hear cases -change in people’s attitude -attendance and punctuality of VCOs -wearing uniforms -improved attendance and punctuality of VCOs -that Clerk can advise magistrates -now lead by example -conduct mediation (in villages) before going to full court in Tinputz station -implement proper sitting arrangements -VC sittings opened with prayer and chairman opened all sittings -raise the flags of the ARB and PNG during sittings -now have 3 to 5 magistrates in sittings -peace officer presence during court sittings -Peace Officers now present in court -conduct mediations for win-win situation -determine difference between civil and criminal cases -approach defendants in a friendly way -correct court sittings -now have 3 to 5 magistrates to hear cases -improve attendance and punctuality of VCOs -uniforms -change in court fines (increased from K100 to K200) and maximum compensation (increased from K1000 to K2000) “I never really liked to hear cases before because some people questioned where I got trained as a magistrate. Now because I have been trained, I am proud in what I do and am always present at hearings.” “The training has taught me what I should do as a Peace Officer so I am now serving my Village Court well. The training increased my knowledge of Village Court processes and given me confidence to perform my duties.”
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