…Orders comprehensive training for personnel
The Inspector-General of Police (IGP), Usman Alkali Baba, has upgraded and re-launch the Nigeria Police Crime and Incident Database (NPC & IDB) Centre for providing additional aid to police operatives.
The upgraded centre is to be used in acquiring credible electronic criminal database to support investigations and strategic operational and tactical planning which would, in turn, facilitate easy identification of suspects, crime location, modus operandi, Global Positioning System (GPS) to geolocate crimes, amongst others.
A statement by the Force Public Relations Officer, CSP Olumuyiwa Adejobi explained that the upgrade of the Nigeria Police Crime and Incident Database has become imperative in view of the sophistication of criminals, who now apply technology to perpetuate their nefarious activities.
The database which was commissioned by President Muhammadu Buhari in 2020, would provide baseline data using ICT and biometrics, stimulate digital crime-fighting techniques, and accessibility to a one-stop data bank for professional profiling of criminal elements and effective crime data management in the Force.
The IGP has mandated the project consultant to fast track comprehensive training of dedicated police personnel who would man the systems across Zonal, State, and Divisional Headquarters for the collection, management, and uploading of biometric data, case files, investigation, and trial processes, to the central database at the Force Headquarters, Abuja.
CSP Adejobi also said that IGP Baba has ordered a full-scale upgrade of all Police Forensic laboratories and digital resource centres across the nation.
The IGP equally tasked Forensic Unit officers of the Force Criminal Investigations Department (FCID) to effectively apply advanced knowledge acquired at various capacity-building workshops organized in collaboration with foreign agencies and other governmental bodies, ministries, departments and agencies of governments at all levels.
According to Adejobi; “The Inspector-General of Police emphasized that these developments are in line with his policing agenda to incorporate the application of cutting-edge technology and intelligence-led policing model to operational and investigation functions in consonance with international best practices.
“He equally assured Nigerians of the dedication of his administration to bestowing the nation with a people-oriented, endearing and professional police force,” Adejobi said.
