Nigeria Police launches Unit to Protect Educational Institutions

The Acting Inspector-General of Police, IGP Kayode Adeolu Egbetokun, Ph.D., NPM today, launched the Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) manual for Schools Protection Squad (SPS) and organized a Workshop on the Safe Schools Initiative for strategic Police Managers.

The event was held at Abuja.
The establishment of Schools Protection Squad- a high-profile special Unit is aimed at protecting of schools and Educational institutions across the country.

The Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) Manual is a comprehensive document That provides clear guidelines for the smooth operationalization of the SPS.
It spells out the organizational framework of the unit, procedures for mobilization, and code of conduct for officers assigned to the Unit.

It equally provides procedures for collaboration with other security agencies to ensure a coordinated approach in tackling threats to schools and educational institutions.

The IGP enumerated some of the strategies to be employed by the NPF in the achievement of the mandate of the School Protection Squad to include the generation of information and Development of intelligence.

Community policing partnerships, police-public cooperation, inter-agency collaboration, security and administration of Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs).
Others are logistic assets, humanitarian services, training for school managers/ Teachers and members of the host communities on their roles in emergency situations.

Noting that the initiative will commence he Inspector-General of Police, With 18 pilot states which a vulnerable the Inspector-General of Police, assured that the Police will diligently undertake the responsibility of safeguarding educational institutions against potential harms and threats.

He however urged all stakeholders to support the Federal Government, the Police, and other partners in order to achieve the purpose achievement of the initiative

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