Members of the Neighborhood Policing Constabulary Scheme are volunteers who mustn’t anticipate fee from the federal authorities, Power Spokesman Muyiwa Adejobi mentioned on Thursday.

The clarification comes days after neighborhood policing constables in Ilorin, Kwara State, staged a protest over the purported non- fee of salaries for over a 12 months.

Mr Adejobi maintains that the scheme is just not a paid job.

“The thought is to coach and incorporate people with prior paid employment who need to spend their spare time aiding the police in its easy police duties inside their varied communities,” a police assertion on the matter mentioned.

“It due to this fact got here as a impolite shock that members of the scheme had been protesting non-payment of salaries in Kwara towards the aim and rule of engagement of the scheme to advertise neighborhood partnership.”

Mr Adejobi added that the partnership was focused at crime management through the presence of revered members of the general public, with a supply of livelihood, partnering with the Power to render voluntary service.

Based on him, the scheme has clearly delineated the roles of the Constabulary, who should not direct staff or personnel of the police, however of their respective communities.

He defined that their roles had been to help the police in crime detection and prevention, battle decision, intelligence gathering and dissemination to native police commanders and upkeep of regulation and order.

Mr Adejobi mentioned the scheme was additionally to reinforce deployment to enhance standard police in patrolling public areas, and advising the general public on security, crime prevention and safety.

He added that their process was additionally to help in coping with minor offences and social vices, working with related stakeholders on crime management and site visitors administration in addition to college security duties. 

(NAN)