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Exercise
to ensure safety of members of the public, Policemen
In
a show of concern for the recent extrajudicial killings by some Policemen in
some parts of the country, the Inspector-General of Police, IGP Solomon E.
Arase, has ordered that
all Police officers bearing firearms in the performance of official duties be
subjected to psychological test and evaluation, to ensure that they are mentally and
emotionally fit to perform their duties.
He noted that
the exercise is aimed at eliminating cases of irregularities in handling of
weapons by Policemen, as well as protecting the public whom the Police has the
constitutional duty to serve, and not to continue killing innocent and
law-abiding citizens.
The IGP
disclosed that the central purpose of this exercise is to offer mental health
recommendations that can help restore an officer to job fitness and deploy such
Policeman to appropriate section he/she is fit to work.
IGP Arase has,
therefore, directed all Police medical doctors across the nation to conduct
psychological test on all Policemen bearing firearms in their respective
Commands, every three months, noting that if any Police officer has a
psychological condition or impairment unattended, will impact negatively on the
overall performance of the Nigeria Police Force.
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