Governor @jidesanwoolu, on Wednesday, rolled out a groundbreaking plan for the enhancement of security and safety in Lagos State. The Governor approved a mass training for the State’s law enforcement personnel on the use of body worn cameras, ...
... ahead of the deployment of the digital tools for security operations across the State.
The three-day training, which will commence in May, will be facilitated by the State’s Law Enforcement Training Institute (LETI), headed by Prince Oyekan Falade.
After the training, all State-funded law enforcement officers will be commissioned to wear body cameras for their operations.
Governor @jidesanwoolu said the move would improve transparency and accountability in the activities of law enforcement agencies, and put the State Government in a better position to respond to security challenges in real time.
Provision of adequate security, the Governor said, is a key pillar of his administration’s T.H.E.M.E.S. agenda, stressing that the initiative reflected his Government’s resolution to ensure Lagos remained secure for residents and investors.
He said: “I am pleased to inaugurate the use of body-worn cameras by law enforcement officers in Lagos and this is a groundbreaking move to enhance safety in the State, as well as increase transparency and accountability in the activities of our law enforcement agencies.
Lagos State has strategically set the pace among other States in Nigeria to launch the use of body worn cameras by law enforcement officers.
“The security challenges in different parts of the country are worrisome, but with proactive action, the use of modern technological tools, and a mix of well-trained and intelligent officers, we will successfully combat many of these challenges.
“With body-worn cameras, our law enforcement officers are better equipped to protect lives and properties, thereby, making Lagos safer for us all.”
Sanwo-Olu said the launch of the body-worn cameras would take the Government a step closer towards fulfilling its security agenda, ...
... stressing that the introduction of devices to frontline security team and officers would enhance their productivity and professionalism, while also fast-tracking law enforcement process.
The cameras, the Governor pointed out, will help the State Government check abuse of power and excesses by security personnel, while also improving the safety and accountability of officers, who will use the devices for evidence sharing and intelligence gathering.
“I am hopeful that all officers will optimise the cameras that will be assigned to them for the furtherance of justice and improvement of the law enforcement process.
Our Government will continue to prioritise the welfare of our law enforcement officers whose pivotal efforts we acknowledge in the entrenchment of a safe city,” Sanwo-Olu said.
Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Justice, Mrs. Khadijat Shittabey, applauded the Governor for approving the initiative, stressing that the body worn cameras would help the ministry in the administration of justice.
She said: “The cameras will also help to enhance professionalism on the part of the law enforcement agents, provide digital evidence of events and provide additional means of protection for officers.
The cameras will be used to establish guilt or innocence of officers when confronted with allegations of wrongdoing.”
Falade, after demonstrating the operation of the camera on the Governor, said 7,000 officers will be trained in the Lagos State Traffic Management Authority (LASTMA), Vehicle Inspection Service (VIS),...
Lagos Neighborhood Safety Corps (LNSC), and the Lagos Environmental Sanitation Corps (LAGESC).
The training, LETI boss disclosed, will be done in 26 batches to reduce crowding of the training centre.
LETI was established in 2013 through an Executive Order, to set standards for recruitment of law enforcement agents, training and development of the officers.
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The return of @NGSuperEagles to the City of Lagos for a competitive game after a 20-year absence was an overwhelming success, as the Super Eagles won the match by defeating the Crocodiles of Lesotho by 3 goals at the Teslim Balogun Stadium in Surulere, on Tuesday.
Speaking after the historic match watched by a few thousand fans in compliance with the Confederation of African Football (CAF) directives, Governor @jidesanwoolu said he was excited, like many other Lagosians, ...
... to witness the homecoming of the darling Super Eagles as they played their AFCON qualifier at the Teslim Balogun Stadium in Lagos State.
Yesterday, Governor of Lagos State, Mr @jidesanwoolu honoured 13 Outstanding Teachers with car gifts at the Year 2020 Lagos State Teachers Merit Award today at the Lagos House, Ikeja.
Thirteen teachers and school administrators got a brand new car each from the Governor at the Year 2020 Teachers’ Merit Award organised by the Ministry of Education.
The awardees were part of the finalists nominated for the grand prize by the Screening Committee led by the chairperson of Association of Private Educators in Nigeria, Mrs. Lai Koiki.
The Lagos Police Command operatives attached to Ikorodu Division of the command have arrested three (3) suspected traffic robbers including their receiver, recovered stolen phones, on 26th March, 2021 at 11:30pm by Ikorodu Round About.
The combined team of policemen and local Vigilante men on patrol sighted the suspects at the Ikorodu Round About while allegedly robbing innocent commuters and passers by in the area, and were arrested.
The suspects are Lucky Isibor, m, 34, Isah Mohammed, m, 26 and Aminu Abdullahi, m, 21. Items recovered from them include eleven (11) phones, One Hundred and Thirty Nine Thousand (#139,000), ...
The Lagos State Police Command has rescued one abandoned day old boy on Monday 15th March, 2021 at about 1030pm.
The baby was found by a good Lagosian at Oladejo Street, Oko Oba Lagos on Monday at 1020pm and informed the police operatives attached to Abattoir Division of the command who quickly raced to the scene and picked up the baby for necessary medical attention and safety.
FLASH: The Lagos State Police Command wishes to inform the general public that the man allegedly caught in the viral video where a lady vidoed and accused him of masturbating in a commercial vehicle on 13th March, 2021 has been identified (Not a police officer)
The man, simply identified as Mr Matthew, who assaulted the lady, one Olajumoke Okeyemi, for correcting his actions and act of sexual harassment in a public vehicle, ...
.... is a driver employed by GTC Laundry Services, along Channels TV Road, Isheri, not a police personnel as he claimed during the "drama" in the video.
Today, Governor of Lagos State, Mr @jidesanwoolu attends A Day of Tributes in celebration of the life and times of Alhaji Lateef Kayode Jakande (First Civilian Governor of Lagos State) at Moboloaji Johnson Arena, Onikan Stadium, Lagos.