Fashola equips Lagos police with ICT centres

Lagos State Governor, Mr. Babatunde Fashola has, begun the
handing over of 100 Information Technology Centres to police
stations in the state.
Governor Fashola, in company with his deputy, cabinet
members, the state Commissioner of Police, Mr. Kayode
Aderanti, the Area Commander, Mr. Patrick Alonge, said the
centres, equipped with solar power, were put in place to fulfil
his main reason of being in government, which he said was to
secure the lives and property of the citizens, as well as assist
the police to decongest the stations of exhibits, especially
abandoned vehicles, thereby improving traffic flow in the
state.
He said each police station was being equipped with two
computers and trained personnel to man the accessories,
digital camera, Digital Assert Management Systems Software
(DAMS), two KW Solar installation. “From now on, records of
all exhibits in our police stations will be captured and stored
in the computers’ databases for ease of access and retrieval
of relevant exhibits for effective prosecution of all cases.
“In spite of the remarkable decline in crime rate in Lagos, the
state government will not relent in taking to another level the
wide-ranging crime-reduction strategies to address the
peculiar security challenges arising from the heavy human
density and daily economic-driven migration into the state.’’
The governor commended the dedication of policemen in the
state and what he described as the invaluable support of the
private sector to the government through the gestures
extended to the state’s Security Trust Fund. “This gesture
should be emulated by all the citizens by fulfilling their civic
obligations of paying their taxes as at when due.”
He disclosed that computerised police vehicles, equipped with
digital cameras for on-site coverage of crime scenes was
under way from Japan, adding that with the ICT centres,
exhibits like vehicles would no longer litter police stations,
thereby improving the image and outlook of police stations.
Speaking on behalf of the Inspector General of Police, the
state Commissioner of Police acknowledged the support of the
state government over the years to the command, assuring
that his men would reciprocate the gesture by putting the
equipment to use in the ongoing effort to reinforce police
capacity for law enforcement and thereby enhance the judicial
system.