The Inspector-General of Police, Mr. Mohammed Adamu, says the Federal Government is focusing on community-oriented policing to get all stakeholders involved in stamping-out insecurity.
Adamu said this in Enugu on Thursday, August 29, 2019, while officially flagging-off the Police Campaign Against Cultism and Other Vices (POCACOV) to be a nationwide campaign.
The I-G, who was represented by the Assistant Inspector General of Police in-charge of zone 9, Mr. Baba Tijini, said that POCACOV adoption by the Nigeria Police as a national programme was in-line with Federal Government’s Community Policing Agenda.
The I-G said that the police would synergy and sensitize the members of the public to join in the fight against crime and criminality at the community level.
“I want all Nigerians to key-in into this programme for the overall reduction in crime in all communities in the country.
“We want to engage and work together with local citizens to easily identify security threats and proffer local solutions to them.
“To this end, the Federal Government wants to strengthen community-police efforts of the Nigeria Police by the recruitment of 40,000 Community Police Constables.
“Each of the 774 council areas in the country will have a minimum of 50 constables to strengthen security at the local levels.
“It will also involve engaging community-based organisations, groups, and institutions to see that it work for the better of all,’’ he said.