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The Police on Tuesday said it will recruit some members of National Union of Road Transport Workers (NURTW) among others to combat insecurity in the country.

This is coming as the Inspector General of Police; (IGP) Mohammed Adamu maintained that different members of the public including men of the transport union have been planned for recruitment as Community police Officers that will commence soon.

According to him, 40,000 people will be recruited as Community police officers across the country.

“In the recruitment 1,300 CPOs will be drawn from professional bodies, like the academics, road transport unions, artisans, traders’ associations, religious bodies, women’s unions and youth organisations, among others, to ensure diverse representation”, IGP said.

He said the CPOs are expected to bridge the gap between the Force and members of the public.

The IGP, who attributed the number of arrests the police made in the last seven months to the cordial relationship between the force and community members said that the implementation of the community policing concept was imperative.

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Speaking on effective implementation, he said: “We are drawing on the provisions of the Police Act in relation to the recruitment and utilisation of Special Constables who will be engaged as Community Policing Officers (CPOs) under the coordination of the Nigeria Police towards evolving a community-focused policing architecture.”

The IGP was speaking in Abuja at the monthly meeting of the IGP with other senior police officers.

He said the relationship between the police and members of the public in the last seven months had resulted in the arrest of 4,187 suspected criminals.

The IGP also said the highest number of rescued victims were from Zamfara State.

Highlighting how the CPO concept would be implemented, Adamu said: “The breakdown of the community policing deployment plan covers the recruitment of 40,000 CPOs across the country in the interim.

“The CPOs will be recruited from within the communities where the prospective applicants reside and about 50 CPOs are to be engaged in each of the 774 local government areas.

He added: “The CPOs shall be deployed to complement the police in law enforcement functions within their localities by performing low-risk and non-sensitive duties. They will also act as liaisons between the police and their communities.

“This policing architecture will free up conventional police personnel that hitherto performed such functions and enhance our manpower profile in relation to deployment to the frontline, operational duties. When fully implemented, the Community Policing Strategy will bridge the gap between the police and the citizens in a manner that will enhance optimal, cost-effective, and sustainable law enforcement service delivery by the police.”

 

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