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Insecurity: Plateau govt inaugurates 595 Police constabulary Insecurity: Plateau govt inaugurates 595 Police constabulary Share Governor Simon Bako Lalong of Plateau State has inaugurated 595 Special Police Constabulary to complement the efforts of regular security agency to fight crime and insecurity in the state and cautioned them to conduct themselves strictly within the code of conduct and rules of engagement. Speaking at the official inauguration of the Special Police Constabulary in Jos,...

Obaseki As kidnapping, banditry, armed robbery and other social vices have continued to threaten communities and states in the South-South like Cross River, Rivers, Edo, Delta, Akwa Ibom, and Bayelsa are thinking of how to deal with the situation. The borderless creeks are porous and difficult to police, giving the pirates and other criminal elements a field day to operate unhindered. Besides, the Federal Government’s centralised police force has increasingly become helpless in the face of pe...

Officers said that "action is clearly required" as they launched the operation over the weekend. Police with Special Constables targeted a number of hotspots in Radcliffe and close to the Bolton border­. They included New Road, Bury Road, Stand Lane, Ainsworth Road, Church Street and Radcliffe Moor Road. A number of motorists were stopped and reported for offences over the weekend including breaking the speed limit, using a handheld mobile phone, driving without due care and attention....

Published Monday, December 14, 2020 11:26AM EST Last Updated Monday, December 14, 2020 2:42PM EST Toronto’s ombudsman is calling on the TTC to “overhaul” how it oversees its special constables and fare enforcement officers following a violent altercation on a streetcar last winter. The incident happened on a 501 streetcar on the morning of February 7 as two officers asked a rider for proof of payment. A short video clip of the altercation, which was post...

Toronto ombudsman calls out TTC amidst lingering systemic issues by Lucas Casaletto Posted Dec 14, 2020 2:01 pm EDT Last week, an independent investigator determined three TTC officers used excessive force against a man on a 501 Queen streetcar in February. Donna Lay Toronto’s ombudsman says she is deeply concerned and disappointed with the TTC and is calling for changes to its fare inspection system following a widely-seen altercation that was caught on video. Last week, an independent inve...

Neighborhoods and beating black individuals. when the police and mayor came to break it up, the rioters beat them away and when they brokep one riot the mob reformed elsewhere. it took days and the deputization of 1,000 special constables to quell the violence. it was in response to these riots that police departments were formed. and for the first time patrolmen were charged with not only responding to crime and catching criminals but with preventing crime as well. now, fast forward 150 years. ...