The newly-deployed Commissioner of Police in Yobe State, Haruna Garba, has actually charged residents of the state, as a matter of civic obligation, secret into neighborhood policing effort in the ongoing efforts to rid the state of criminal offense.

The CP made the appeal in a first parley with newsmen in Damaturu at the Police Command’s Headquarters on Wednesday.

“The task of policing a state as you are aware needs public collaboration and cooperation.

“Members of the neighborhood can no longer remain and view criminal elements take over their communities. There is this expression that says ‘When you see something, state something’; if you see a crime being committed or about to be committed, you have a civic duty to report to the nearby authorities formation for suitable action,” he said.

Garba likewise said that in carrying out the job, the cops is not alone in it as the command will partner with other sister security firms, the judiciary and other stakeholders to take out criminal elements.

The authorities commissioner, for that reason, advised law-abiding members of the neighborhood to get involved completely and get included into the security architectures of their particular communities.

“In this regard, the Area Commanders and DPOs have actually been directed to include obedient members of the community in their areas of obligations in providing services on concerns of criminal activity and criminality,” he directed.