Insecurity: Osun police launch violent crime response unit 

The Osun State Police Command has launched the Violent Crime Response Unit, VCRU.

The motorboat was held astatine the office of the Osun State Police Command, Osogbo on Tuesday.

According to the Commissioner of Police, Ibrahim Gotan, the portion is successful enactment with the directive of the Inspector-General of Police, IGP Olatunji Rilwan Disu, arsenic portion of sustained efforts to fortify information and the combat against convulsive crimes crossed the nooks and crannies of the state.

CP Gotan besides revealed that the VCRU is an inaugural of the Inspector-General of Police, which is aimed astatine establishing a much coordinated, businesslike and intelligence-led model for responding to convulsive crimes specified arsenic equipped robbery, kidnapping, cultism and different related convulsive offenses.

He said, “it is besides expected to run astatine each times successful afloat compliance with law provisions, the Nigeria Police Act 2020, different related laws and applicable planetary Human Rights standards, portion remaining accountable and serving arsenic a span of spot betwixt the Nigeria Police Force and the public.”‎

He besides assured that constabulary operatives volition beryllium deployed to boundaries with neighbouring states to forestall convulsive crimes and kidnappings.

“Further to the directive of the Inspector-General of Police to guarantee strict adherence to extant laws and planetary quality rights standards, officers deployed to t...