The Commissioner of Police in Oyo State, Mr. Shina Taiwo Olukolu, has promised to accommodate everybody in the state irrespective of tribe.
He gave this assurance during his visit to the Correspondent Chapel of the Nigerian Union of Journalists (NUJ) in Oyo State, promising to operate an open door policy.
He said since he had been holding high command office in the police, he had been operating open door police which has been helping his relationships with the members of the public, including journalists.
The commissioner of police who regarded his visit to the journalists chapel as an home coming, promised to cooperate with them and u urged them to always verify their a stories from the police especially sensitive ones before going to press.
He said that most times unconfirmed stories always lead to chaos and in order to avoid reports that would cause disharmony, such sensitive reports should be clarified from the police to put the record straight.
Olukolu pointed out he believed in community policing and he was prepared to intensify more efforts to guarantee h its effectiveness, in the mode of administering the security system in Oyo state.
He argued that he has mapped out strategies that would make the general public key into it for effective crime prevention and detection.
He said that the police house cleaning exercise to weed off bad eggs within the system did not exclude Oyo State command and that any police found engaging in any elicit operations, especially corruption would not be spared, saying that the police has on daily basis been dismissing bad eggs amongst them.
While welcoming the police boss and his team, the Chairman of the chapel, Mr. Ola Ajayi, thanked the police commissioner for his support and cooperation to journalists in Oyo state.
He urged the police to always respond and react promptly to issues that needed clarifications from the police, adding that doing that would further cement the existing relationship between the police journalists and member of the public.