Governor Okezie Ikpeazu said his administration has formally launched a novel crime fighting system code named CPAMS: Crime Prevention and Management System, which deploys modern technology in intelligence, crime prevention and detection.
Ikpeazu explained that with Abia CPAMS, security agents will now be ahead of criminals as the technology enhances the needed synergy among police formations and hierarchy.
In a series of tweets, the Governor added that it also helps victims and eyewitnesses to report crimes or any suspicious acts online real time with pictures and videos to the nearest police station with such reports reaching the tables of the relevant Commands, CP, AIG, IGP & even the Governor himself, all at the same time.
According to him, CPAMS allows for the bio data, fingerprints and other vital information of suspects be taken so that serial offenders are appropriately tagged & not treated as first offenders
“To ensure the effectiveness and success of this initiative, our Government through the Abia State Ministry of Homeland Security will be providing solar power & computers to all the police stations in the State,” he disclosed.
He recalled that select men and officers of the Nigerian Police have already undergone training in the use of the system adding that the whole initiative was to ensure a safe ambience that will encourage free enterprise, sustain the pillars of development of his government and also ensure the continued safety and security of lives and property in Abia.