20 police stations planned in Dar

 

DAR ES SAAM Regional Commissioner (RC) Paul Makonda plans to spend 10bn/- in the construction of 20 police stations to improving security in the city.

 The planned 20 stations are among the strategies to ensure good working environment for the law enforcers, to encourage hard work.

Mr Makonda, speaking during his tour of various police posts in the region yesterday, said the ambitious plan is subject to support from various stakeholders and Dar es Salaam residents. 

 

“I believe that stakeholders will give us support to accomplish the goal of having big police stations to improve security within residential areas, with each district having four big stations,” he said. The RC said the big police stations were inevitable in the city to control escalating crimes in the city.

“We hope that the (police) stations in the residential areas will help to reduce crimes...the biggest challenge the police face is the small size of their stations,” he said, pointing out that each envisaged police station will cost 500m/-.

He called on Dar es Salam residents to collaborate with police force in maintaining security for peaceful living. Some of the police stations that the RC visited include Tandika, Kigogo, Gongo la Mboto, Mburahati, Mazizini and Mwenge.