The Nigeria Police Force has said the constables that would be recruited for the conceived community policing service would not receive any salary as the service would purely be voluntary and pro bono.
The state commissioners of police made this known in separate interviews with The PUNCH on Monday.
The commissioners disclosed that the police commands had started meeting traditional rulers and community leaders in a bid to start recruiting constables for the community policing initiative.
The Federal Government had on January 23 ordered the police leadership to begin the recruitment of special constables nationwide preparatory to the implementation of its community policing policy.
The Federal Government plan came against the backdrop of the South-West states’ launching of a security outfit, Operation Amotekun, to address incessant killings and kidnapping in the zone.
The Inspector-General of Police, Mohammed Adamu, in a wireless message directed state police commands to set up screening committees for the recruitment of community policing constables.
The IG ordered all state commissioners of police, assistant commissioners of police and divisional police officers to liaise with traditional rulers and community leaders in their domains to screen volunteers who would be engaged after passing the screening tests.
As part of the moves to recruit community policing constables, the Ekiti State Police Command on Sunday said it had sent recruitment forms to all police stations in all the local government areas of the state. According to the command, applicants must be between the ages of 21 and 50.