Speaking at the training at the weekend, the Divisional Police Officer (DPO), in charge of Festac Police Station, Mr. Monday Agbonika, said it was to deepen partnership with the residents to ensure security of lives and property. He said: “We trained 150 residents.
About 100 for voluntary policing sector initiative.
The idea is for the residents to volunteer to police the community themselves. Some of them that volunteered can come out at night to patrol the community, since it had been determined that it is night time that had issues.
Some of them, who can’t come out on patrol at night, can pass out information gathered in the community, which can assist the police in curbing and checking crime.”
At least, about 2,000 members of the community were present at the Festac Police Station on Saturday, as the first ever Community Accountability Forum (CAF) was inaugurated.
Agbonika said that the forum would address issue of security accountability between police and residents.
The Chief Superintendent of Police (CSP) said that establishing CAF was in line with the idea of the Inspector- General of Police, Mr. Ibrahim Idris, towards ensuring community participation.
The DPO explained that the forum would hold monthly, as a platform for security interactions, networking and accountability among residents, police operatives, business owners and local vigilantes. He added: “The division has been able to train and is still training many youths in Festac, on the basic security service provision and information gathering.
They are now a formidable team, and not only complement the police, but also assist in checkmating crime. This is in line with the policy of community policing as ordered by the IG.
“In a mixed residence as FESTAC, where the rich and poor live together, such co-habitation can be turned to advantage, by involving them in securing the community.https://newtelegraphonline.com/police-train-festac-residents-check-crime/
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