The Commissioner of Police, Federal Special Anti-Robbery Squad, Imohimi Edgal, has said firearms would henceforth only be issued to operatives on guard duty or those responding to violent crimes.
“No personnel of the FSARS will be issued firearms except for guard duties, at the base and for immediate response to violent crimes as they occur,” he said.
Edgal further said that all FSARS teams on routine patrol had been withdrawn in compliance with the IGP’s directive.
According to Edgal, “only FSARS operatives have the right to wear a jacket with the inscription ‘FSARS’, all other states Special Anti Robbery Squads, (SARS), which are commanded by state commissioners of police, are to wear the inscription SARS without ‘F.’”
Edgal therefore called on state commissioners of police and commanders of tactical units to join hands to ensure the total success of all the directives and reforms regarding FSARS and SARS operations by the IG.
The Police Commissioner reassured members of the public that the era of ‘slap on the wrist or cover up’ of any policeman caught involving himself in any matter that will tarnish the image of the force was over.
