Date:April 26, 2019, 6:32 am
Fatigue and Emotional Stress Responsble for Police Officers' Misuse of Firearms - IGP AdamuBy Mod - 52 seconds ago - [ Update Must Read ]
Acting Inspector General of Police, Mr Adamu Mohammed, while delivering a speech at the maiden conference of Heads of Nigeria Police Medical Facilities in Abuja has attributed the misuse of firearms and powers by officers of the Nigerian Police force to fatigue and emotional stress.
“Indeed, arguments have been raised that the resonating incidents of misuse of firearms and extra-judicial actions by police personnel often result directly from work-related stress and emotional conditions which disorient their rationality.
“In consideration of this, I have ordered that with immediate effect, the shift duty structure of the Nigeria Police which is currently a 12-hour, two-shift system be reverted to the traditional eight-hour, three-shift standard.
“This directive is specifically informed by the need to address a major, age-long occupational stress which long hours of duty engenders among personnel in the Nigeria Police Force and which occasions depression and abuse of power and other unprofessional conduct.
“For purpose of clarity, henceforth, no police personnel should be made to perform any duty exceeding eight hours within a space of 24 hours unless there is a local or national emergency.â€
