In a bid to ensure the protection of lives and property in the Federal capital territory (FCT), the FCT Police Command has adopted new policing plan for fighting crime in the territory.
Commissioner of Police in charge of the FCT CP Bala Ciroma, who disclosed this while speaking with journalists at the command headquarters, Abuja, said the Command has continuously reviewed its policing strategy to meet up with emerging security concerns.
According to him, “In furtherance with our continuous effort to provide residents of the FCT with quality service delivery the Command has continued to be innovative and proactive in its approach to crime fighting.
“As part of the Command’s drive to enhance its performance and strengthen the already existing cordial relationship between the police and FCT residents, the Command has developed a policing plan for FCT.
“The plan was developed after a wide consultation with community leaders, stakeholders and sister security agencies. The plan is designed to address five identified crimes of concern, which include: Drug abuse, theft/house breaking, one chance robbery, armed robbery, car theft and cultism.”
The police boss further stated that: “Having identified these crimes as top-most in the minds of FCT residents, our principal interest as a Command is to proactively develop crime fighting measures to address and reduce these crimes to the barest minimum.
“It is also important to state that the Command has commenced the distribution of this document to members of the public across the six Area Councils in the FCT. The essence of the distribution is to cultivate public support that will help the police effectively fight these and other crimes.”
