The Police Force Headquarters has launched an investigation into
its personnel’s attitude to work.
The probe it was gathered was aimed at solving the problems of
lazy, unprofessional and mischievous policemen in the system.
The Assistant Inspector-General of Police, Zone 5, Mr. Rasheed
Akintunde, who dropped the hint in Yenagoa, Bayelsa State,
yesterday, when he toured the state formation said there was no
room for indolence in the police force.
He said measures had been put in place to address indolence and
poor output among the officers and rank-and-file as part of the
ongoing reforms in the system.
Addressing the personnel in the state’s police command, Akitunde
urged them to be passionate in the jobs boasting that policing is
the best profession in the world.
Akintunde, said that a study by the police headquarters
indicated that only slightly above 20 per cent of the policemen in
the country were active and working.
He said that the police introduced measures to ensure that the
other 80 per cent complement the hardwork of the active personnel
for effective policing in the country.
He said: “The funniest thing is that only 20 per cent of the
police personnel are the ones working, the rest are just there.
“Talking about 20 per cent working; if you look at it well,
every ‘big man’ wants his own security, they want 30 men to secure
them instead of supporting the whole community by saying we should
give resources for police to do the work so that the environment
will be secured. They only want security for themselves.
“Even religious leaders want personal security. So after all
that, we find that it’s only 20 per cent remaining to guard other
places. Even for government’s commission too, they can load 20
units for it whereas they need only seven, so that’s why the 20 per
cent comes in.
“That is why when a DPO visits a station, he identifies those
people and starts using them. You go to the Area Command, it is the
same thing, the CP, it is the same.”
The AIG explained that effective community policing must be
hinged on a three-pronged pillars of sound integrity, hard work and
professionalism and urged officers and men of the command to love
their job.
He said: “You must satisfy three conditions to police well.
First, you must have sound integrity, your integrity must not be in
doubt. You must not bring those bad things into the job.
” The second thing is that you must be hardworking. Policing is
not for the lazy persons. You must be ready at all times because
you can be called upon at any hour of the day.
“The other part is that you must be professional. You must know
what you are doing. Police job is very difficult for those people
who don’t have integrity, who are not hardworking and who are not
professional but very simple for a man who have these
principles.
“The job is the best; let us put in our best. We are not
supposed to be seeing other agencies doing our work if we are doing
it perfectly. Agreed, we lack some equipment we are supposed to
use. What I am appealing to you is that let us wake up so that we
can beat our chest as policemen and say l can do this and that.
“But where we are lazying about; you see some of us running from
pillar to post, looking for possible posting, looking for money
that is not there.”
In his remarks,, the Bayelsa state Commissioner of Police, Mr.
Don Awunah, thanked the AIG on his building visit but complained
that the 4,000 police personnel in the state were inadequate to
police Bayelsa due to its deltaic nature.
Awunah said that though there were some pockets of criminal
activities in the state, statistics showed that Bayelsa remained
the safest state in the zone at the moment.
Awunah said despite the challenge of shortage of personnel, the
command under his supervision introduced high visibility policing
with human face.
He stated that the new system was adopted in collaboration with
the Counter-Terrorism Unit, Tactical Strike Force, Special
Anti-Robbery Squad, Serious Crimes Unit and the Peace and Conflict
Resolution Unit.
The Commissioner highlighted some challenges facing the command
to include manpower, logistics, working tools and
accommodation.
The Police Force Headquarters has launched an investigation into
its personnel’s attitude to work.
The probe it was gathered was aimed at solving the problems of
lazy, unprofessional and mischievous policemen in the system.
The Assistant Inspector-General of Police, Zone 5, Mr. Rasheed
Akintunde, who dropped the hint in Yenagoa, Bayelsa State,
yesterday, when he toured the state formation said there was no
room for indolence in the police force.
He said measures had been put in place to address indolence and
poor output among the officers and rank-and-file as part of the
ongoing reforms in the system.
Addressing the personnel in the state’s police command, Akitunde
urged them to be passionate in the jobs boasting that policing is
the best profession in the world.
Akintunde, said that a study by the police headquarters
indicated that only slightly above 20 per cent of the policemen in
the country were active and working.
He said that the police introduced measures to ensure that the
other 80 per cent complement the hardwork of the active personnel
for effective policing in the country.
He said: “The funniest thing is that only 20 per cent of the
police personnel are the ones working, the rest are just there.
“Talking about 20 per cent working; if you look at it well,
every ‘big man’ wants his own security, they want 30 men to secure
them instead of supporting the whole community by saying we should
give resources for police to do the work so that the environment
will be secured. They only want security for themselves.
“Even religious leaders want personal security. So after all
that, we find that it’s only 20 per cent remaining to guard other
places. Even for government’s commission too, they can load 20
units for it whereas they need only seven, so that’s why the 20 per
cent comes in.
“That is why when a DPO visits a station, he identifies those
people and starts using them. You go to the Area Command, it is the
same thing, the CP, it is the same.”
The AIG explained that effective community policing must be
hinged on a three-pronged pillars of sound integrity, hard work and
professionalism and urged officers and men of the command to love
their job.
He said: “You must satisfy three conditions to police well.
First, you must have sound integrity, your integrity must not be in
doubt. You must not bring those bad things into the job.
” The second thing is that you must be hardworking. Policing is
not for the lazy persons. You must be ready at all times because
you can be called upon at any hour of the day.
“The other part is that you must be professional. You must know
what you are doing. Police job is very difficult for those people
who don’t have integrity, who are not hardworking and who are not
professional but very simple for a man who have these
principles.
“The job is the best; let us put in our best. We are not
supposed to be seeing other agencies doing our work if we are doing
it perfectly. Agreed, we lack some equipment we are supposed to
use. What I am appealing to you is that let us wake up so that we
can beat our chest as policemen and say l can do this and that.
“But where we are lazying about; you see some of us running from
pillar to post, looking for possible posting, looking for money
that is not there.”
In his remarks,, the Bayelsa state Commissioner of Police, Mr.
Don Awunah, thanked the AIG on his building visit but complained
that the 4,000 police personnel in the state were inadequate to
police Bayelsa due to its deltaic nature.
Awunah said that though there were some pockets of criminal
activities in the state, statistics showed that Bayelsa remained
the safest state in the zone at the moment.
Awunah said despite the challenge of shortage of personnel, the
command under his supervision introduced high visibility policing
with human face.
He stated that the new system was adopted in collaboration with
the Counter-Terrorism Unit, Tactical Strike Force, Special
Anti-Robbery Squad, Serious Crimes Unit and the Peace and Conflict
Resolution Unit.
The Commissioner highlighted some challenges facing the command
to include manpower, logistics, working tools and
accommodation.
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