The police commissioner made the plea during his tour of communities in the state .
Iwar stated that he had been visiting communities since his assumption of office in order to hear directly from community members about their security challenges, saying that policing now could not be done without the involvement of the communities.
While appreciating the setting up of the civilian JTF in the community, he noted that the outfit should operate within the confines of the law.
“You should not take the laws into your hands. When I arrived here, some of the objects I saw with members of civilian JTF and the Central Safety and Security Patrol Unit frightened me. Nigeria is not a lawless country.
“We need to regulate these outfits and see how we can work together to reduce crimes in the area,” he said.
Iwar told leaders of the community to do something on the high cases of rape and sodomy.
On the demand for additional police divisions in the area, the police boss remarked that the police is willing to add more divisions but for lack of funds, saying that at the moment, “we have 44 police divisions in the state andwe need additional 50 police divisions.
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