In a meeting with the director of the police Sunday, members of the NSHR called for the appointment of a liaison officer to verify complaints coming to the organization.

A spokesman of the police said NSHR members exchanged views with the director of the police Maj. Gen. Ali Al-Ghamdi and other police leaders on the observations of the NSHR about civil rights, cases of violence, begging, squandering, execution of court verdicts and other topics.

He added that during their meeting with the director, the members watched a comprehensive presentation about the developments being witnessed by the Jeddah police, its districts and administrations.

The members conveyed to the director of the police a number of observations about cases of violence and the expected role of the police in resolving them.

The spokesman said Maj. Gen. Al-Ghamdi informed NSHR members that the Jeddah police have a liaison officer with the Department of Social Affairs and a women’s section to handle cases of family violence.

“There are training sessions for police privates and officers on how to receive and deal with cases of family violence,” said the director.

NSHR member Hussein Al-Sharif said they had a fruitful dialogue with the leaders of the Jeddah police “who showed great understanding of our humanitarian role and of our observations.”

He said the society and the police would cooperate in studies and research and added that the police would appoint a liaison officer to coordinate with the Jeddah branch of the NSHR.

Al-Sharif said the delegation informed the director of the Jeddah police that the NSHR was endeavoring to undertake a complementary role with the all the government departments including the police.

“We fully support plans to establish a center to receive complaints from citizens supplied with the latest technology in order to enable the police to arrive at the crime scene very quickly,” he said.

NSHR member Sana Flimban stressed the important role played by police in organizing lectures in collaboration with the Education Department to enlighten women prisoners on moral principles and good conduct. 

Flimban, who visited a women’s jail, commended the services of women as they help prisoners in completing their official formalities.