CP MUAZU SEEK SUPPORT FROM SISTER AGENCIES TO CURB CRIME IN LAGOS STATE

He made this call yesterday during a Stakeholders Security meeting with the theme: “Policing the Community by the Community” hosted by the Area Commander, Area F, ACP Olasoji Akinbayo at Airport Hotel, Ikeja, Lagos. At the meeting, CP Muazu, said, the essence of the meeting was to deliberate on how to ensure active partnership between the police and the community in providing quality service to the people.
“Community policing
will requires the police involving the community in deciding policing
priorities and also to promote transparency and honesty,”
he said. He added that part of the values of the community policing was that the police must respect and protects the rights of the citizens through demonstrable commitment in delivering the best quality at all time. He also noted that citizens who are with a genuine sense of grievance against the police would have effective redress, because the police are answerable to whatever they do, therefore all officers are admonished to conform with the rule of law.
The town hall meeting was sponsored by Opay Nigeria Limited. Also, speaking at the stakeholders meeting, rights activist, Dr. Joe Odumakin, who said the police have not gained the support from the community to effectively hold grassroots, instead they have been victims of hostile reactions. She noted that community policing would improve police support.
While she admonished the citizen on the need to support police so as to achieve great collaboration with them. “Cooperating with the police will help them solve crimes, and protect the community with less use of arms. I am appealing for support for the police so that we will jointly provide adequate security to the environment”. Earlier, ACP Olasoji in his welcome address said the gathering was to find a lasting solution to curbing the rising crime in the state in the area of cultism, kidnapping, and youthful exuberance.
“The police cannot do it alone, therefore we seek the support and corporation from the people to fight crime in our society,”
he said.
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