Governor Fashola, in company with his deputy, cabinet members, the state Commissioner of Police, Mr. KayodeAderanti, the Area Commander, Mr. Patrick Alonge, said the centres, equipped with solar power, were put in place to fulfilhis main reason of being in
government, which he said was to secure the lives and property of the citizens, as well as
assist the police to decongest the stations of exhibits,especially abandoned vehicles, thereby improving traffic flow in the state.
He said each police station was being equipped with two computers and trained personnel to man the accessories, digital camera, Digital Assert Management Systems Software
(DAMS), two KW Solar installation. “From now on, records of all exhibits in our police stations will be captured and stored in the computers’ databases for ease of access and retrieval of relevant exhibits for effective prosecution of all cases.
“In spite of the remarkable decline in crime rate in Lagos, the state government will not relent in taking to another level the wide-ranging crime-reduction strategies to address the
peculiar security challenges arising from the heavy human density and daily economic-driven migration into the state.’’
The governor commended the dedication of policemen in the state and what he described as the invaluable support of the private sector to the government through the gestures
extended to the state’s Security Trust Fund. “This gesture should be emulated by all the citizens by fulfilling their civic obligations of paying their taxes as at when due.”
He disclosed that computerised police vehicles, equipped with digital cameras for on-site coverage of crime scenes was under way from Japan, adding that with the ICT centres,
exhibits like vehicles would no longer litter police stations, thereby improving the image and outlook of police stations.
Speaking on behalf of the Inspector General of Police, the state Commissioner of Police acknowledged the support of the state government over the years to the command,
assuring that his men would reciprocate the gesture by putting the equipment to use in the ongoing effort to reinforce police capacity for law enforcement and thereby
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