PSC To Fight Human Right Abuses By Police Officers- Arase

Solomon Arase, Chairman of the Police Service Commission (PSC), has reiterated that he won’t tolerate issues of police misconduct and human rights abuses against members of the general public.

Arase, a former Inspector General of Police (IGP) made the assertion, on Wednesday in Abuja, when he was being hosted by Mr Peter Gad, Executive Director of Cleen Foundation.

Arase said that he was allergic to corruption and all other factors that could taint the image of the police before the public and was ready to change the narrative about the force.

“I will not tolerate any issues of misconduct or human rights abuses. We have seen officers recently paying the price of misconduct” he said.

“The commission has set up a parallel complaint response unit to engage and monitor the activities of the police on a weekly basis.

“It will help to assess the police force, especially in their conduct, which is a step to reactivating a vibrant police system.

“Where we monitor and find out that the police have erred in a context, there is nothing wrong for them to say they are sorry to the public because it happens everywhere in the world,” he said.

Arase said that the commission would strive to curtail the culture of excesses by engaging the police and the public.

The PSC Chairman said that he would ensure that the tainted image of the police was changed and that officers’ welfare were commensurate with the task of the job.