Plateau to establish community police over killings – Gov. Lalong

Governor Simon Lalong on Tuesday February 4, announced that the
Plateau state government will be establishing a community police to curb
security challenges in the state.

The Plateau State Governor who disclosed this while declaring open a
meeting on Peace, Security and Community Dialogue at the Government
House in Jos, urged community leaders to examine what the conventional
security agencies are doing with the aim of creating a synergy between
their work and that of the community police structure.

Lalong said;

“Sadly, we are compelled to hold this meeting once again instead of
ordinarily coming together to celebrate peaceful coexistence and
prosperity of our land and its good people, as we were looking forward
to during the forthcoming Forgiveness Day.

“Happily, we already have structures on ground which are in tandem
with the Community Policing model such as the Operation Rainbow, Early
warning System, Vigilante Volunteers and Community-based Intelligence
Volunteers.

“We should also examine what the conventional security agencies such
as the Police, State Security Service, Operation Safe Haven, Civil
Defence and related agencies are doing in securing lives and properties
in the State.

“What do we need to do in creating synergy between their work and
that of the Community Policing structure in order to achieve better
results.”