Excerpts from the Supreme Leader's Speech in a Meeting with Police Commanders

Excerpts from the Supreme Leader's Speech in a Meeting with Police Commanders
On 26 April, 2014

Sayyed Ali Khamenei delivered a speech on the 26th of April 2015, in a gathering of police commanders in the Imam Khomeini Husseiniya. In what follows, we shall state some excerpts from the Leader's speech.

"All of us should congratulate one another on our divine opportunity to enter the month of Rajab once more. The month of Rajab is an opportunity to get close to divine values and to God.

You should appreciate the month of Rajab. In this month, you should get close to the God of creation as much as you can. You should remember God and carry out your tasks for Him. You should make efforts and work for the sake of God.

The significance of the Police Force - on which we place great emphasis - results from the significance of its mission. The significance of any person lies in the significance of the responsibility that they shoulder. Individuals and the organizations in which they work enjoy as much significance as their responsibility does.

The Police Force is the manifestation of the authority of the Islamic Republic in establishing security. One of the responsibilities of the Islamic Republic is to establish security in society.

You should not confuse power with crossing boundaries and moving forward in an unbridled way.

We do not at all like to give a cinematic and Hollywood-like aspect to our police work on the streets. We want tasks to be carried out in the real sense of the word. That is to say, we want complete authority and power accompanied by justice, kindness and mercy. In certain cases, power should be accompanied by mercy. This is the manifestation of Islam.

Observing the law has two aspects: one is in your contact with the people. You should see in which places the law is violated and then you should confront it. Another aspect of observing the law is in the Police Force itself. The members of the Police Force should observe the law inside the organization in the true sense of the word.

You are different from other military forces. You are among the people and the people are in contact with you. God forbid, any wrongdoing, flaw, problem, misbehavior and wrong measure will immediately be reflected. This is the case for the Police Force more than any other organization. Perhaps there are very few organizations in the country which are in contact with the people as much as you are.

You should rely on Allah the Exalted. You should work for God and fulfill your duties in the right way. If you do so, Allah the Exalted will bestow blessings on you. He will bestow His blessings on your work and He will turn you into a source of blessing for the Islamic Republic."

For the full speech, refer to the official site of the Center for Preserving and Publishing the works of Grand Ayatollah Sayyid Ali Khamenei, where these excerpts were derived from (with minor alteration).