The Assistant Inspector General of Police, Zone 14, Mr Yahaya Abubakar, has sought collaboration more with local communities and on intelligence gathering to address the security challenges ravaging the country.
Abubakar disclosed this when the executive members of the Police Community Relations Committee, visited him on Thursday at the Zonal headquarters in Katsina.
“Partnership and Intelligence gathering are part of the core values of community-based policing and are therefore essential for its successful implementation,” he said.
The AIG then urged them to maintain the collaborative efforts by expanding their activities to the grassroots.
While affirming full support to the PCRC, he said that his doors were always open for the committee’s executives and other members.
Abubakar enjoined the PCRC members to be apolitical and were and non-religious on issues of security like the police.
He vowed to always invite them to the Zonal Command Monthly Strategic Leadership Management meetings for their input in the ongoing fight against crimes and criminals in the zone.
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