As controversy continues to rage over the new Digital Biometric Central Motor Registration (BCMR) system, the Minister of Police Affairs, Navy Captain Caleb Olubolade (Rtd) has thrown his weight behind the initiative, adding that it will reduce crime rate in the country.
According to the minister, “the BCMR is a vital tool to modern policing in Nigeria” and “it would help the country’s Police Force to effectively and efficiently fulfil its constitutional roles of saving lives and property, preventing crimes, apprehending and prosecuting offenders, amongst other duties.”Speaking to journalists at a function in Kaduna, Olubolade emphasised the need to use effective technology to achieve a better policing of the country, and disclosed that the Police is already making plans to mount security cameras and other gadgets in all parts of Lagos, the Federal Capital Territory and other parts of the country.
He added that for effective policing of the country, intelligence and information sharing between the Police and the populace is required in order keep abreast of happenings around them, stressing that the effectiveness of a better Police Force lies on the quality of training of its personnel and equipment, and not based on the large number of men it has.
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