The homophobic law enforcement agency appears to deliberately harass or detain LGBTI persons to intimidate them possibly into shifting their orientation. The reports show a trend in the behaviour of law enforcement agents, who harass and detain LGBTI persons generally hoping to find incriminating evidence such as possession of pornographic material which is a prosecutable offence. In some cases where arrests were made but no substantial charge was raised, still the LGBTI persons ended up paying a bribe to the police to secure their release. Police harassment has also been recorded to be violent. It is worth noting one case in which the police raided the office of GALZ in Harare on 11 August 2012. The police arrested 44 individuals who were on the premises at the time and took them to Harare Central Police Station where the male detainees were allegedly subjected to beatings throughout the night19. Harassment by members of the police has also taken place over the phone, with some LGBTI persons receiving phone calls harassing them. In one of the reported cases, GALZ called back on a number used to harass one of its members, and it was answered at Dzivarasekwa police station. Over the period under review, some harassment cases have also included members of the military as well as youth militia, believed to be acting on behalf of the state. In several reported cases, the Zimbabwe Republic Police have detained LGBTI persons and interrogated them on the operations of GALZ. This is despite the fact that GALZ is not a secret underground organisation, and is legally registered with highly visible presence. 19 VIOLATIONS OF THE HUMAN RIGHTS OF LGBTI PERSONS, Excerpts from the Communications Reports of the UN Special Procedures September 2011 to September 2014. An analysis of the state of human rights violations against LGBTI persons in Zimbabwe (2011-2017) 28