Ondo State Police Command on Tuesday commenced a three-day training for over 160 personnel on Intelligence Gathering to further reduce crime and criminality across the state’s 18 local government areas.
Declaring the training opened in Akure, the state capital, the state Commissioner of Police, Wilfred Afolabi, noted that the command under his watch focuses on enhancing intelligence gathering to tackle security challenges across the state.
At the “Basic Intelligence Course training,” Afolabi explained that intelligence gathering and firmness are crucial for ensuring a proactive approach to achieving a peaceful state.
According to the police boss, the training will better position participants to bridge the existing gaps, rebuild public trust, and enhance the overall security architecture of communities across the state’s 18 council areas.
Afolabi further stated that the participants would leverage intelligence-gathering tools to drive policing strategies and prevent crimes in the coastal state.
The CP said the event will go a long way in addressing the spontaneous reactions to crimes, including kidnapping, ransom, murder, arson, cultism, and other forms of violent criminality.
His words: “Intelligence gathering is one of the most critical sections that is instrumental to breakthroughs when it comes to policing, and it’s so unfortunate that it’s one aspect that is so neglected.
“When I was the Assistant Commissioner of Police, OC Intelligence, Lagos, it let me know that wherever I find myself, I should pursue the subject of intelligence gathering holistically. Therefore, what we see happening today did not come by accident. And to put the icing on the cake, it falls in line with the agenda of our Inspector General of Police, IGP, Kayode Egbetokun’s agenda.’’
