Obama lectures police chiefs on security, solicits community-based policing against terrorism

President Barrack Obama of the United States of America has delivered an all-inclusive lecture on policing and security mechanism needed to fight terrorism and insurgency that trouble all continents of the world.

He says community-based policing will be the best option to effectively combat terrorism and insurgency.

President Obama, who spoke at McCormick Place West Convention Centre, Chicago Illinois, venue of the Second General Assembly ‎of the International Association of Chiefs of Police (IACP) on Tuesday, said security challenges and realities unfolding through out the world called for proactive security measures and that could only be achieved with community-based policing.

While addressing a gathering of more than 10,000 police chiefs from all over the world, who converged on Chicago Illinois for the 2015 IACP Convention entitled “Give Yourself an Edge,” and held between, Obama said 21^st Century Policing should focus more on 21^stCentury crimes and criminalities, particularly terrorism and insurgency, which could be fought effectively through community-based policing system.

He highlighted provision of adequate resources needed to operate and fight various crimes and criminalities across the world to include improved criminal justice system and risk reduction on police operatives, saying that a combination of community-based policing and other important security measures were factors that could help develop better policing system in this century. ‎

He pledged to support police operatives as the President of the US and as an ordinary citizen, even after his tenure of office, just as he ‎appreciated commitment and services of the police chiefs towards having peaceful nations all over the globe.

BusinessDay, however, reports that police chiefs from across the world attended the convention.

Delegates from the Nigeria Police that attended the convention included Rotimi Adelesi, assistant commissioner of police, finance and administration, Ogun State; Kunle Olusokan, assistant commissioner of police, training and development, Lagos State; Saheed Egbeyemi, divisional police officer, Otta, Ogun State.

Others were John Ajigidi, officer in charge of Police Mobile Force 16 Abeokuta; Celestine Kalu, police public relations officers, Delta State; Muyiwa Adejobi, Ogun State, and Muhammed Kidayah of Rivers State.