Delta DPOs deployed over misconduct
(Nigeria) The Nigeria Police Force said it had redeployed
all Divisional Police Officers, DPOs in Delta State Command over professional
misconduct.
The Force Public Relations Officer, acting Commissioner of
Police, Mr Olabisi Kolawole, disclosed this at a news conference to mark 100
days of establishment of the Compliant Response Unit, CRU, on Monday in Abuja.
``Several officers have been redeployed from duty posts
including a total of DPOs by a police command,” he said.
Kolawole said the action was in response to complaints
received from members of the public on misconduct of policemen.
She said that an Assistant Commissioner of police was also being
investigated, 16 junior officers were facing disciplinary action for
misconduct, while a traffic warden was dismissed.
Kolawole said that Lagos had the highest complaints with
424, representing 33 per cent, while Imo, Jigawa and Kebbi had two each.
She said that the platform was not aimed at castigating
activities of police but to ensure international best practices.
The spokesperson added that beyond the feedback on police
misconduct, there was the reassurance of the force’s commitment to prompt efficient
service delivery.
In a remark, Head of CRU, Mr Abayomi Shogunle, said the unit
received 1,946 complaints, resolved 1,522, while investigation was ongoing into
291compalints and 133 were discarded for lack of evidence.
He said that there was a considerable reduction in reporting
police officers’ misconduct by members of the public.
```The force is worried about the low rate of complaints
from the public, ``he said.
Shogunle said that the force would conduct a scientific
research to ascertain the reason for the reduction.
He said that the unit would ensure that Nigerians got the
police they could ``truly call their own."
The CRU is a social media platform established through which
members of the public can lodge their complaints and get feedback on police
officers’ misconduct.
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