Police upgrade APP for reporting crimes, personnel misconduct, others

• IGP urges Nigerians to report criminals

By Paul Michael, Defence Editor, Abuja

In a bid to up technology-driven policing, the Nigeria Police Force (NPF) has upgraded its mobile APP for reporting crime, emergencies and police misconduct.

This was disclosed in a statement signed by the acting Force Public Relations Officer, CSP Olumuyiwa Adejobi, on Saturday. He said the Inspector General of Police, IGP Usman Alkali Baba confirmed the upgrade of the mobile app known as “NPF Rescue Me”.

He stressed that the application is valuable to effectively report emergencies, criminal activities, and professional misconduct of police officers for rapid and immediate response.

The statement reads, “The Inspector General of Police, IGP Usman Alkali Baba, psc (+), NPM, fdc, has confirmed an upgrade of the Nigeria Police Force crime reporting mobile application known as ‘NPF Rescue Me’ application which is valuable to effectively report emergencies, criminal activities, and professional misconducts of police officers, for rapid and immediate reaction by operatives of the Nigeria Police Force, The Trumpet gathered.

“The IGP emphasizes that the NPF Rescue Me App, which is a great improvement, redefines security and personalizes policing, enabling android and ios users to download the app from the various app stores, registering with their details and having access to a variety of features including emergency services, crime reporting, navigation, ambulances services, amongst others.

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“The application also has an emergency button which when depressed alerts operatives at the Nigeria Police National Command and Control Centre who would immediately send out the required assistance to victims irrespective of their locations within the country.”

CSP Adejobi further said, the IGP has encouraged Nigerians to download the app to take combatting of criminal activities and police response to a new level.

“The Inspector-General of Police while encouraging members of the public to download the application into their carry along gadgets, and input some required information for improved services and their personal safety, reiterates that his administration is poised to exploring the use of cutting-edge technology to take combatting crime and responding to emergency situations to an entirely new level,” he said.