The Commissioner of Police, Kogi State Police Command, CP Miller G. Dantawaye, psc, held a strategic conference with the senior police officers comprising divisional police officer (DPOs), area commanders, tactical and operational commanders, Heads of section and units respectively. The purpose is to discuss pressing security challenges in the state and to adopt a comprehensive crime prevention approach to curtail emerging threats and effectively combat it.
The CP restated his resolve to improve the capacity of the police officers in the state through the ongoing combat operations training to be able to curtail the current security challenges.
He further stressed the importance of interagency cooperation in tackling security challenges in the state. He called on the good people of the state to continue to collaborate with the Police through information sharing that can aid on crime prevention, detection and control. Stressing that community participation in crime prevention through information sharing is key for effective policing in the state.
He charged all the area commanders, and DPOs to have effective community engagement and hold a strategic meeting with critical stakeholders to discuss and address major security challenges that usually occur in their respective areas of responsibilities.
