The Senate has called on the Nigerian Police Force (NPF) to deploy its junior cadre to their States and Local Government of origin in a bid to enhance community policing in Nigeria.

Presenting the motion titled “The need to post junior cadre of the Nigerian Police Force to their States and Local Government to enhance community policing” at its plenary session of Tuesday, 6 February 2018, Sen. Ademola Adeleke (PDP: Osun) expressed concern that the inconsistency in policy implementation of the NPF had created a disconnect between the NPF and various communities due to different cultural values and orientation.

Sen. Adeleke explained that the creation of State policing would address security challenges arising from the ineffectiveness of the NPF in carrying out their national assignment in addition to the advantage of improving, impacting positively on community policing and enhancing effective collaboration with Vigilante Groups. He also mentioned that the deployment of the police officers to States and Local Government would avail the NPF the opportunity to concentrate on its primary duties of detection, prevention and prosecution of crime at the National Level.

The Senate will also invite the Inspector General of Police to brief its chambers on other ways and means that community policing could be actualized.