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The Katsina State Police Command has called on residents to take a more active role in tackling insecurity by providing timely and credible information to security agencies, stressing that public cooperation is critical to combating crime.
Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP) Aminu Usman Gusau, who represented the Commissioner of Police at the News Central Town Hall in Katsina, said security is a shared responsibility and urged citizens to contribute their quota by reporting suspicious activities.
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“One area I want us to concentrate on is this issue of information, giving the security agencies information,” he said.
“Security is our concern. All of us, it’s everybody’s business.”
According to him, residents do not have to confront criminals directly to contribute to the fight against insecurity.
“I believe everybody has a way of contributing his own quota,” he said. “You don’t have to come out and engage the bandit or the criminals directly. You can give us information.”
Gusau noted that the police have a presence across Katsina State, making it easier for residents to report security incidents.
“Every local government in Katsina State has a DPO. And in some areas we have even outposts,” he said.
“The police in Katsina… have our offices almost everywhere.”
He added that the command has improved its emergency response time and encouraged residents to promptly alert the police whenever an incident occurs.
“It is not an excuse that an incident is happening within your community and you cannot be able to give out information,” he said.
“Our response time now is, if it is outside the local government, I’m sure if you give that information, within the next 10 minutes police patrol teams will be there. If it is within the town, I believe within the next five minutes… police are likely to be there.”
The police officer urged community members to see themselves as partners in ensuring the safety of the state.
“I’m calling on all of us here. You have a duty to contribute your own quota to the development of this state and ensuring the safety and security of this state,” he said.
Gusau also stressed that residents are often better positioned than security personnel to identify criminal elements within their communities.
“You are the ones living amongst these people. They are all our citizens.
“Some of you know them even more than the security agencies because you live with them, you dine with them,” he stated.
He added that in some cases, criminals may even be known personally to members of the community.
“Some of them are our relations,” he said. “So except you give that information to the security agencies, there is almost little or nothing those agencies can do.”
