Tag: Community Policing Officers

Insecurity: Police set to recruit 40,000 community policing officers

Jul 31, 2019

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by

Olaotan Falade

in Nigeria

Inspector-General of Police (IGP) Mohammed Adamu has said the Force will recruit 40,000 community policing officers (CPOs) to boost security. The CPOs are expected to bridge the gap between the Force and members of the public, Adamu said. The IGP, who attributed the number of arrests the police made in the last seven months to…