Police must treat suspects with civility –Niger CP

Commissioner of Police in Niger State, Mrs
Desire Nsirim has urged policemen in the
country to desist from treating suspects in
a
manner that is below the standard obtained in
advanced nations of the world.
She said gone were the days, when the
police treated suspects in uncivilised
manner.
According to her, under the new reform for
repositioning the Nigeria Police, suspects
must be handled with civility even while
undergoing interrogation.
The police boss, who was represented by the
Divisional Police Officer (DPO), Paikoro Police
Station in Minna, made this known at a
synergy meeting between the police and
members of the state vigilance group
organised at the instance of ‘Justice for All’
project of the United Kingdom Department for
International Development (DFID) held at the
station.
“Gone are the days when suspects will be
treated in an uncivilized manner. All suspects
will be treated with civility; therefore, with the
establishment of Justice for All, the
uncivilised manner in which police behave
towards suspects, is gone forever,” she said.
In her address, lead consultant to Justice for
All, a Voluntary Policing Sector (VPS) in
Nigeria, Mrs Josephine Effah Chukwuma,
emphasised the need for a close working
relationship between the police and the VPS
by recognising the important role of voluntary
policing service group in preventing and
detecting crime in the society.
“The project is set out to improve service
delivery, accountability and management of
voluntary policing service.
“The trained VPS executives and operatives
are in the model police station of Paiko road
police station in Chanachaga Local
Government Area of the state and two
replication sites at Chanchaga and Bosso
police divisions, both in Bosso Local
Government Area.”
Chukwuma said that a total of about 160
vigilante corps officials had been trained in
the last two months on human rights,
conflict management, basic policing skills
and organisational management.
“We have committed community policing
officers who are willing and ready to partner
with neighbourhood to ensure their
respective communities are safe and
secure” news source sun.