Ember Months: Police Order Banks To Install Functional CCTV Cameras In Delta

Determined to guarantee a crime-free ember months, Delta State Police Command has ordered banks successful the authorities to instal precocious and functional CCTV cameras successful their banking environment

Delta State Commissioner of Police, CP Olufemi Abaniwonda, gave the directive Tuesday successful Asaba erstwhile helium convened a strategical information gathering with members of the Bankers’ Forum successful the state.

In attendance was the Chief Security Officer of Central Bank of Nigeria, (CBN), Asaba subdivision and 39 caput of banks crossed the state.

The CP who was represented by the Deputy Commissioner of Police successful complaint of Operations, DCP Olumuyiwa Adejobi, noted that it was important for bankers to instrumentality capable information measures to checkmate the activities of criminals who whitethorn privation to instrumentality vantage of the festive period.

He said the gathering was aimed astatine addressing the information of banks up of the yuletide play that was accelerated approaching.

DCP Adejobi reiterated the Command’s committedness to the combat against transgression and criminality successful the state, noting that the gathering was conscionable the opening successful the proactive measures being taken by the Command to guarantee a crime-free ember months.

“The installation of precocious and functional CCTV cameras successful the banking situation is precise important to enactment the effort of the constabulary successful monitoring what goes connected successful the banking environment.

He said, “In a proactive move, alert of the information that we are already successful the ember months which successful the past person witnessed accrued influx of radical into the authorities and besides apt accrued activities of criminals.

“Aware of the information that the Command and Asaba are bounded by the East, Edo and different parts of the country, it is important for these information strategies to beryllium reviewed.”

The CBN Chief Security Officer successful Delta State, Mrs Evangeline Patrick, who spoke connected behalf of others, commended the Command for the inaugural and stated that the apex slope does not merchandise currency to banks without capable fig of equipped policemen on special escort.