In an attempt to get its operatives ready and ever prepared to combat insecurity in Lagos State, the State Police Command has organised an arms and combat training for about one hundred and ten Divisional Police Officers, DPO, and Policemen.

The training will give Police officers the necessary needed information on how to handle weapons, control a crowd in the case of a protect, one on one combat, Musketey, Baton and Rifle Exercise (BARE), individual manoeuvres and range practice.

According to Police Public Relations Officer, CSP Olumuyiwa Adejobi, the training will last for a period of one month.

He said the Police Commissioner Hakeem Odumosu promised to regularly embark on training and retraining of Police officers and men of the Command, adding that it is for the betterment of the state in terms of staying abreast in the fight of crime.
Adejobi said the Commissioner revealed that a similar training is being carried out simultaneously for the rank and file cadre of the command, in batches, in order to be in tune with the re-designed Standard Operating Procedure of the Nigeria Police Force.”
Odumosu admonished the officers and men in the command to embrace the initiative and be committed to the new policing agenda of the Inspector-General of Police so as to maintain good service delivery in the state.
He promised to pull all available resources together for the betterment of officers and men and the entire workforce of the command in Lagos State.