‘Professionalism’ Key To Success Of State Police-Dambazau

Although state police is necessary and important, it can however be effective if every step is taken to ensure police professionalism, retired Lt.-Gen. Abdulrahman Dambazau, a former Chief of Army Staff, has submitted.

Team@orientactualmags.com learned that the former army chief, who said this while talking to journalists, also emphasized the need to prevent governors from using state police to fight political opponents.

He said there is a need to ensure that the police officers carry out their duties with high competence, respect, and institutional integrity.

 ‘It requires training, equipment, discipline, accountability, transparency, adherence to the rule of law, and respect for human rights.

So, in all , where you have state and national police, if you don’t enhance the quality, make the force professional, then you won’t have the results expected’ he said.

Dambazau,who is now Nigeria’s Ambassador-designate to China, also noted that people are calling for the establishment of state police because of the worsening security situation in rural areas.

‘Probably that is why people are calling for state police. But of course, the state policing requires what the national police requires. I believe that people are calling for that because they think the system we have is too centralised. Therefore, if you decentralise it, it will work. Yeah, it will work only if you make it professional.

To make it professional, you have to train it well, equip it, ensure there is absolute discipline, and that the welfare of personnel is taken care of very well.

You have to also ensure that they meet the minimum universal standard of policing. Of course, beyond that, you have to ensure that there is trust.

You build trust and confidence between the police and the public, whether it’s state or not, because where the public doesn’t have trust, then it becomes a problem.

This is why sometimes even communities would contribute money to bandits to protect them against other bandits.

So, to me whether state police or not, the standard must be monumental. If your state creates state police and the standards are not there, then you are going back to square one.

So, of course the states will have to be ready to fund it adequately. Human capital development is an ingredient in ensuring security’ he added-Team@orientactualmags.com  Do you have any information you wish to share with us? Do you want us to cover your event or programme? Kindly send SMS to 08035023079,  08059100286, 09094171980 or get in touch via orientactualmag@gmail.com.  Thank yo