Police begin recruitment of Constabularies

The Nigeria Police has kick started the recruitment of constabularies to boost its ranks.
Owing to this, the Lagos State Command has set up a screening committee made up of community leaders and Divisional Police Officers across the state.
The Commissioner, Lagos State Police Command, Hakeem Odumosu, revealed this when he spoke with newsmen at a stakeholders meeting held at POWA Event Centre, GRA, Ikeja on Wednesday.
Odumosu said the recruitment was a directive by President Muhammadu Buhari to be implemented by the Inspector General of Police, Mohammed Adamu.
Odumosu said the recruitment would boost the ranks of the Force, adding that the constabulary would be assigned all police duties.
The CP said the recruits will serve as the eyes of both the community and the police since they will be recruited and serve in the communities the stay.
He said such operatives would not be transferred outside his or her community, unlike the conventional policeman.
According to him, they will be selected and screened by a committee that would comprise of Local Government Council representatives, Baales, Community Development Association and Divisional Police Officers in order to ensure criminals are not recruited.
He said the stakeholders’ meeting was to sensitise the public through their leaders on the actualisation of community policing.
Odumosu said: “The recruitment of the police constabulary is a practicality of the community policing and the stakeholders meeting is to sensitise them on the actualisation of its policy.
“It’s a decision of President Muhammadu Buhari through the IGP that constabulary be recruited into the police.
“It will reduce the menace of shortage of personnel.
“They are the eyes of the community and the police.”