In a bid to seek solution to the growing insecurity in the country the Police Service Commission (PSC) and the management of the Nigeria Police Force have reached agreement to reorganise the Federal High Way Patrol teams as well as review and withdraw excess and unauthorised Policemen posted to some politicians and businessmen.
The spokesman of the PSC, Ikechukwu Ani, in a statement, Thursday in Abuja, said the decision was part of the outcome of the acting Inspector General of Police, IGP Mohammed Adamu’s visit to the commission.
He said part of solutions proffered included: an inventory of arms and ammunition in police custody nationwide; introduction of voluntary Community Support officers in communities; the building of more barracks to instil discipline and make personnel available for emergencies.
Ani said the Chairman, PSC, IGP Musiliu Smith (retd.), hinted that the commission would soon set up an independent Investigative Unit to handle complaints against Police by members of the public.
Smith also called for detective training for serving police officers, regretting that many officers in the investigative units have never attended any detective courses.
Other areas of training he recommended were on the proper weapon handling, handwriting analysts, ballistics intelligence gathering and others.
The spokesperson said the police boss lamented the current practice of not releasing fully approved allocations to the Force, stressing that only 20 per cent of its approved allocation was released in 2018.
He noted that the Force has continued to battle with logistics problems, inadequate barracks, poor facilities at training colleges’ epileptic communication network and grossly inadequate vehicles for effective policing.
Ani said it was also agreed that there was need for regular meeting between the two organizations to ensure collaborative efforts in the search for peace and improved security in the country.
