The Lagos State Police Command has created another unit in its bid to tackle crime in the metropolis. The state Commissioner for Police, Cornelius Aderanti, disclosed at the weekend that the new unit, Tactical Operational Unit (TOU) was created to support the Rapid Response Squad (RRS) in the fight against criminals in the state.
Aderanti said this during the donation of four patrol vehicles by Heritage Bank and Etisalat Telecommunication company. He said the aim of the unit was to carry out surveillance on vulnerable and volatile areas.
The commissioner for police, while showering encomiums on the two companies for their kind gesture, also called on other corporate bodies within the state to do same.
“We have a tactical operation unit that was created in order to lay out security to support RRS. We will deploy these vehicles to vulnerable points so that when people are leaving and returning from their offices, there will be police presence to ensure that miscreants who usually harrass them, don’t have a space. We intend to close the space that is remaining by way of ensuring critical visibility.”
The executive director of Heritage Bank, Gloria Okpoboma, said that the donation of two Hilux vans, walkie talkies, ballistic vests and helmets was part of the bank’s support to the police.
“You know Lagos is prime in the affairs of this country and it is important that everybody can feel safe. And we also know that these resources are required to enable the police force do the work that they need to do. They need these resources to enable them perform their duty efficiently”.
The manager in charge of central operation and intelligence unit of Etisalat, Sunny Eleghe, said the donation of two Hilux vans was part of the telecommunication’s corporate responsibility to the command. (leadership)
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