No fewer than 288 Special Constabulary
(Community) Police Officers, who trained at the
Police Training School, Odukpani, Cross River
State have passed out.
Addressing the officers on Friday, the Inspector-
General of Police IGP Mohammed A. Adamu, said
the program was initiated as one of the strategies
of the Nigeria Police designed to employ an all-
inclusive mechanism to aid the police in the
quest to achieve its internal security mandate in
the country.
IGP represented by Assistant Inspector-General of
Police, AIG Zaki M. Ahmed Zone 6 Calabar, said
that the force took into consideration the
increasing complexity of crime and the challenges
of policing a vast and diverse country like ours
and introduced the people oriented method that
will bring about trust, consent and partnership
between the police and the people.
In a statement made available to DAILY POST on
Friday, the Zonal Police Public Relations officer,
Zone 6 Headquarters DSP.Nelson Okpabi with
reference no AZ:5300/ZPC.6/PPRD/VOL.4/27
dated 13th November, 2020 said it is for this
reason that the Police Management considered
the adoption of citizen-driven pathways for the
purpose of identifying, dissecting and prioritizing
security threats as well as working together to
evolve strategies directed at tackling these
threats.
“Consequently Community Policing Committees
(CPC’s) with membership drawn from Traditional
Institutions, Religious Bodies, Youth Organizations,
Market Associations, Transport Unions, Artisans,
Hunters, Farmers, Vigilante Groups, Hoteliers,
Socio-Cultural Associations, Retired and Serving
Security Agents, Educational Institutions etc were
inaugurated earlier this year leading to the
selection of the recruits for training.
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“The duties of special constabulary include: Crime
prevention and detection, Conflict Resolution,
Intelligence Gathering, Law and Order
maintenance, complementing the conventional
police in patrol of the public space within their
communities, advising the public on safety
measures, security tips, dealing with minor
offences/social vices, working with communities,
schools, young people, businesses, religious/
cultural groups, recreational centres and hospitality
outfits as well as assisting in traffic management.
“The deployment of the special constabulary back
to their various villages/towns and LGA’s will
definitely free-up the human and material assets
of the Nigeria Police currently tied down to the
management of low level crimes and redirect such
assets and Operations to high-profile crimes that
constitute major threat to community safety and
security”.
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