In New Reforms, Decentralisation of Police Tactical Operations Begins

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•Force devolves power to CPs, DPOs to take directives from govs, LG chairmen By Chiemelie Ezeobi, Eromosele Abiodun in Lagos and Kingsley Nwezeh in Abuja Commissioners of Police (CPs) in state comm…

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By Chiemelie Ezeobi, Eromosele Abiodun in Lagos and Kingsley Nwezeh in Abuja

According to him, with the decentralisation, police commissioners no longer need his approval before making decisions in their areas of responsibility .He directed them to work with governors to implement policies of the government in the states, particularly in areas of crime and criminality and law and order.

“And so in reforming the police, we believe, and we’ve started implementing it, that the structure we have, yes, we have one Inspector-General of Police, but in every state command, we have commissioners of police who are in charge of that state and the state has a government with a governor. The police boss said there are many areas that require reform in the police just as he stressed the need for a change in police training curriculum from a regimented system into a more problem-solving curriculum that police officers should know.The IG said the police have started the process of changing them to fit modern policing, adding that instead of the regimented type of curriculum that was being thought, the force now has more problem-solving curriculum that police officers should know.

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