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By Amos Odeh,Yenagoa
Bayelsa State Police command Friday received its newly redeployed commissioner, CP Mike Okoli.
Speaking to newsmen after addressing men and officers of the command, the Police commissioner assured their readiness to fight crime and criminality in the state.
He stressed that the command under him would partner other sister security agencies, the media amongst others in curbing crime in the state.
CP Okoli who was redeployed from the Force training command, Force Headquarters, Abuja resumed duty Friday replacing former CP Nkereuwem Akpan who had been promoted to AIG, serving in the Force headquarters.
The new Police boss gave the Force’s assurances in combating crime, saying he intends to leverage on his wealth of experience gained over the years in ensuring professional policing.
Accordingly, the new Police commissioner has instructed the command public relations office to create a platform for getting feedback from members of the public on crime hotspots in the state as well as behavioural approach to crime and criminality by men and officers of the command.
“We’ll monitor all sections of the command. We’ll establish a special section to monitor crime in the state,” he said.
“We’ll pursue these criminals, we’ll apprehend them and chase them out of this state. Community policing is not just to arrest suspected criminals and hand them to the police, but we must also know the identity of those involved,” he added.
Okoli who spoke tough against corruption and extortion by men and officers of the command warned that any officer caught would be sanctioned, reassuring however that with the coming of the command’s proposed social media platform to checkmate crime as well as behavioural approach of police officers of the command, there is the likelihood that there would be a professional command.
“We’ll ensure professionalism in the state command. We’ll partner sister security agencies, NGOs, faith-based organizations and the media in discharging our duties,” he said.
