After Amotekun, Osun inaugurates Community Policing Committee (VIDEO)

Osun state police command has inaugurated a Community Policing Committee with a view to ensuring safety in the state.

Speaking after the inauguration at the Osun State Police Command in Osogbo, Commissioner of Police, Johnson Kokumo revealed that the committee will be co-chaired by Divisional Police Officers and traditional rulers from communities in the state.

Johnson Kokumo said members of the committee are selected based on integrity in addition to their antecedents to complement efforts of the police at making Osun crime free.

The police boss said they will be saddled with the responsibility of recruiting special constabularies from various communities, using their local knowledge to assist police in intelligence gathering towards fighting crime from the grassroot.

He urged the committee to discharge their duties with sincerity of purpose.

Governor Gboyega Oyetola, represented by, Commissioner of Local Government and Chieftaincy Affairs, Bayo Adeleke promised that his administration will continue to render necessary support to the police to enhance provision of adequate security in the state as he urged the people to embrace the initiative.

Security stakeholders and community members at the occasion lauded the gesture and promised to offer necessary logistics that will enable the committee perform.

Members of the committee include divisional police officers, chairmen of local government areas, and traditional rulers among others.

Osun is one of the states in the South West where Amotekun, a regional security outfit inaugurated to tackle arm robbery, kidnapping and other criminal activities in the region has been signed into law.

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