By Zubairu Idris
CLEEN Foundation, an NGO supported by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), on Friday organised a workshop to enlighten the Police on trauma management as a result of insecurity and violent encounter.
Prof. Etannibi Alemika, a facilitator in the workshop, said that the theme of the workshop was entitled: ‘Community Engagement on Police Reforms and Capacity Development on Trauma Healing’.
He revealed that the police knowledge about the matter would also make them to be able to manage the trauma among their officers, and help other people experiencing it.
Alemika urged the people to be law-abiding and cooperate with the police in trying to ensure maintenance of law and order in the society.
He further urged the police to always ensure that people’s rights were protected and promoted.
“If we don’t work together, both of us will suffer and insecurity will persist,” he warned.
Also speaking, Mr Adewale Ajadi, another facilitator, said that the aim of the workshop was to build trust between the police and the public.
He said that would assist to make people to be law-abiding, and reduce trauma they might experience.
In his remarks, the State Commissioner of Police, Mr Bello Shehu, said that people don’t know the importance of the police until they entered into a problem.
He revealed that the area
where the police usually have problem with the public were on traffic management, where some people don’t want to abey the traffic rules and regulations.
Shehu further said that the duty of the police was to make arrest and charge suspect to court.
“Some offences are bailable, the bail is free. While other offences that are capital in nature like rape, murder, armed robbery, among others must come to the state CID,” he said.
The CP assured that the command would establish a Trauma Desk that would be dealing with such problems among officers and the public.
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