Imo police command unveils new security formation

Imo State Police Command has unveiled caller information enactment known arsenic Violent Crime Response Unit, VCRU.

DAILY POST reports that 60 of its officers are to beryllium trained nether the recently formed portion to abate convulsive crimes successful the State.

In a property connection made disposable to journalists, the Command’s spokesperson, Henry Okoye, stated that the Command had commenced a broad 3-day grooming programme for the selected officers who volition signifier the VCRU of the Command.

The initiative, according to him, is successful nonstop alignment with the inaugural and imaginativeness of the Inspector-General of Police, IGP Olatunji Rilwan Disu to found specialized and highly nonrecreational units susceptible of efficaciously combating convulsive crimes similar kidnapping, terrorism, equipped robbery and others, portion upholding highest standards of professionalism, respect for quality rights, and strict adherence to the regularisation of law.

Okoye added that the training, which is ongoing, volition absorption connected equipping the officers with the indispensable cognition and skills to discharge their duties responsibly and effectively.

He hinted that templates for the grooming include, proviso of the Administration of Criminal Justice Act, ACJA, 2015,
United Nations Basic Principles connected the Use of Firearms by Law Enforcement Officials, Rights of Vulnerable Persons, with peculiar accent connected women, children, and pe...