The new Assistant Inspector General of Police in charge of Zone 2, Onikan, Lagos State, Bala Hassan, has warned that Divisional Police Officers and Area Commanders who do not pick their calls may be sacked.
Assistant Inspector General of Police, Bala Hassan
The information released by the new Assistant Inspector General of Police in charge of Zone 2, Onikan, Lagos State, Bala Hassan has warned that Divisional Police Officers and Area Commanders who do not pick their calls may be relieved of their duties.
He revealed this while speaking with journalists on Monday, 7th of September.
According to Daily Times, He reiterated that the phone numbers of senior police officers should be within the reach of members of the general public so that crime situations could be reported on time in order to nip it in the bud.
“A DPO who doesn’t pick his calls is not fit to be in that position,” he said. “All my Commissioners of Police, in Lagos and Ogun States, including DPOs and Area Commanders, should make their phones open to members of the public. They must always pick their calls.
"There’s soon going to be billboards for emergency numbers for the public to reach the police. DPO’s should display their phones numbers at the station and charge rooms. Members of the community should have access to the phone numbers of the DPO in their area.”
Hassan said his tenure would witness improvement in crime control, stressing that he was working in tandem with the agenda of the Inspector General of Police, Solomon Arase, and zero tolerance for corruption and corrupt officers.
“We want to improve community policing,” he said. “The IGP said response to it has started leading to reduction in crime. I shall also sit down with my Commissioners of Police to see ways to tackle robbery in traffic jam and other crimes. But there are two ways we are already using to tackle robbery in traffic. The visibility of policemen on the highways and making sure that there is free traffic flow.”