4700 new recruits to the police force soon

The Cameroonian police will soon proceed with the recruitment of 4,700 Cameroonians, given the security challenges to which Cameroon is facing in recent years in the northern and eastern regions.

This recruitment is to "increase the police force in the National Security as decided by the Head of State," said the General Delegate to the National Security, Martin Mbarga Nguele.

The revelation was made during the presentation ceremony of the New Year greetings of the staff of the central services of the General Delegation for National Security (DGSN) Friday, January 15, 2016.

Besides recruiting new men, it has programmed actions to improve operational capabilities in the field of scientific and technical police.

In particular, "the extension of video surveillance to enhance police prevention and enforcement capacity; the rehabilitation of the building that will house the Directorate of Territorial Surveillance; the finalization of 12 police hotels building program on the whole territory and 55 police stations in the cities of Yaounde and Douala and the construction of a new headquarters for coordination of the national identity card in Yaounde and Garoua.
Not to mention the acquisition of technical equipment and the continued renewal of the car-park," we read in Cameroon Tribune, the government daily on newsstands of Monday, January 18, 2016.

"National security is in the right direction," as part of its fundamental mission to protect the institutions, persons, and property, said Martin Mbarga Nguele. "Police officers of all ranks must endeavor to accomplish the basic mission of the structure.

The professionalism of the police action in police units and on public roads, strengthening prevention and more prompt response of intervention units are elements that have contributed significantly to maintain peace, to strengthen the collaboration between the police and people," he said.

The boss, onn vehicle safety also urged his colleagues to "ask every day, every moment, in the exercise of our noble profession, acts which hunt insecurity and promote the economic development of our country."