Government is concerned with the high rate of compensation it is having to pay to those brutality abused by police through torture and human rights abuses. Opening a three-day workshop on human rights and policing for police commanders, Copperbelt deputy minister Webby Chipili said police officers should take advantaged of acquiring new knowledge required to correct negative public perceptions. He said government was fully aware of trying conditions under which the police were operating and efforts were being made to redress the situation. However, Chipili cautioned police officers against taking advantage of its state of affairs to disregard human rights norms enshrined in the international instruments.