Online Reporter
Stephen Mpofu, Perspective
THE virtuous statement headlined above was crafted by a fellow human being for us in Zimbabwe as well as for those in other homesteads of the global village to avoid torrential tears and heartbreaks due to negligence.
A Zimbabwe Republic Police officer drove home that wisdom-pregnant statement in a talk on a local radio station three days ago to help Zimbabwean don’t-cares live virtuous lives.
For instance, the officer cited jaywalkers along busy highways with earphones slammed on and preventing the person from hearing the noise of the car approaching from behind or in front with the result of a fatality which is incurable.
The same could be said about drunk drivers or pedestrians whose vision and attention on roads are wont to be impaired.
The officer also spoke about people who buy postmodern models or vehicles but neglect having tracking devices installed on the vehicles as a precautionary measure in the wake of car thefts that are prevalent in our country today.
When thefts of such vehicles are reported it becomes difficult for the police to track down the criminals involved.
It is therefore incumbent upon those desirous of showing their wealth by cruising the neighbourhood in Porsche vehicles, for instance, to have the cars protected against thieves through the installation of trackers.
The officer went further and spoke about crimes that are commonly described as “inside jobs”.
Bank robberies fall in that category and the police officer spoke about the need for financial institutions to take security measures in order to avoid “inside jobs” by employees conniving with criminals by providing information on the movement of large sums of money from one place to banks or for payment elsewhere.
What this suggests is that employers in financial institutions as well as those in general businesses should thoroughly vet their personnel thoroughly, especially those with security clearance, to forestall potential security breaches or financial risks.
That way prevention becomes better than cure, as the virtue in the headline above endeavours to make humanity wiser to avoid regrets which are not a cure for wrongs done in the same way that death is incurable.
