Boston 2024 IACP Conference: Forensic Investigations, Election Security, Others Dominate Discussion

Linus Aleke in Abuja

The hierarchy of the Nigeria Police Force yesterday said the International Association of Chiefs of Police (IACP) 2024 annual conference and exhibition which commenced on Saturday in the United States offered training and courses in different areas of policing, including forensic investigations, communication, public safety, community-based policing, response to crisis calls, psychological autopsy, election security and many others.

A statement by Force Spokesperson Olumuyiwa Adejobi, an Assistant Commissioner of Police, also recalled that the NPF has over time leveraged opportunities of conferences like this, and many others organized by foreign security and law enforcement bodies, including INTERPOL to heighten the capabilities and policing styles of its personnel across board, in the hope to further sharpen its proficiency.

Adejobi said that the delegation from the Nigeria Police Force was addressed on arrival in Boston on behalf of the Inspector General of Police, Kayode Egbetokun by the DIG FCID, Abiodun Alabi, in the company of other top officers who are members including AIG Jonathan Towuru, AIG Yekini Ayoku, and CP Henry Uche of the NPF-NCCC.

He further charged all the officers present at the event and participants at the convention to be good ambassadors of the force.

According to him, “Officers of the Nigeria Police Force and other law enforcement agencies from Nigeria have arrived the International Association of Chiefs of Police (IACP) 2024 annual conference and exhibition at the Boston Convention Centre, 415, Summer Street, Boston, USA.

“The conference scheduled for 19th to 22nd October, 2024, was declared open on Saturday at the Ballroom, Level 3, Boston Convention and Exhibition Centre, Boston, by the President of IACP Mr. John Letteney, accompanied by other top officials of the association, and the general assembly for the convention will be held on Monday, 21st October, 2024”.

Adejobi noted that the Nigeria Police Force has the highest number of officers of the force as IACP members in Africa, amongst the 34,000 members of the association from 174 countries across the globe.