COMMUNITY SAFETY UNIT (CSU)

Community Safety Unit is a unit in CSD that sit with the community and together formulate better ideas and methods of policing a specific community.

These communities can be Villages, Compounds or Commercial centers.

The Unit also trains and assists in the formation and strengthening of community crime prevention ventures such as Neighborhood Watch Associations and Community Policing Schemes

This Unit has Community Liaison Officers who are always willing to help the vulnerable and disadvantaged people in the community e.g. the poor, elderly, children, women, displaced, and disabled people as these are more likely to be victimized and less likely to take protective measures. : These are supposed to provide a liaison between police and the community to prevent crime.

It is supposed to conduct motorized and foot patrols in the communities so as to secure communities.

The unit does facilitate the formation of Community Police Posts.