SECURITY NEWS: SPECIAL INTERVENTION SQUAD TO TAKE OFF IN 10 STATES – IGP
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According to Kayode Egbetokun, the Inspector General of Police (IGP), everything is ready for the Special Intervention Squad (SIS) to launch successfully in ten pilot states.
In his speech at the Conference and Retreat for Senior Police Officers opening ceremony on Monday at the Landmark Event Centre in Owerri, the capital of Imo State, he made this known.
In order to combat the threat of violent crimes in the nation, the IGP claims that one of his top priorities is the formation of the Squad, a reserve group of officers with specialised training who can act quickly in significant crises.
According to Egbetokun, the other 27 states will follow right away, following the 10 pilot states that were determined based on the most recent violent crime assessment completed in the 36 states of the Federation and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT).
The IGP said, “The Police Force under my watch is poised to confront head on the menace of violent crimes in our country, restore calm to troubled areas and engender an atmosphere of peace, safety and security which will promote national economic growth and prosperity.
“The establishment of a Special Intervention Squad (SIS), a standby team of specially trained officers to rapidly intervene in major incidents which was immediately announced on my assumption of office is considered immediate priority in this effort.
“The Squad will be deployed in each command to deal with the state’s salient security challenges. Concrete steps have already been taken to facilitate the smooth take-off of the SIS in Ten (10) pilot states, already identified based on the recent violent crime assessment carried out in all the Thirty-six (36) states of the federation and the FCT, while the other Twenty (27) states will immediately follow.”
He commended President Bola Tinubu for “his kind approval for the specialised training (starting next month) of the initial team of instructors for the SIS”.
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