INTENTIONS FOR THE NEW SARS

1. The Nigerian Police Force is committed to full compliance with the presidential directive on the overhaul of SARS.

2. The outfit will now be known as Federal Special Anti-Robbery Squad (F-SARS).

3. All SARS Team Nationwide have been collapsed under the new F-SARS with a Commissioner of Police appointed to head F-SARS and report to the Inspector-General of Police through the FIG, Department of Operations.

4. The Federal Special Anti-Robbery Squad have been moved from the Force Criminal Intelligence and Investigative Department to the Department of Operations, Force Headquarters, Abuja.

5. F-SARS is now saddled with the responsibility to fight Armed Robbery and Kidnappings related cases only.

6. New F-SARS commanders also appointed to operate in States and Zonal Command and are to be accountable for actions or Personnel under them.

7. A new Standard Operational Guidelines and Procedures and Code of Conduct for all F-SARS personnel to ensure that the operations of F-SARS is in strict adherence to the rule of law and with due regards to International Hunan rights and constitutionally generated rights of citizens; has been unveiled and being enforced in totality.

8. A committee of senior police officers, Technical Consultants Human Rights/Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) has been set up to review and monitor the activities of F-SARS under new arrangement with the use of Custody, Records Management System.

9. Human Rights Desk Officers for F-SARS in every state to take complaints from the public and forward same to Force Headquarters. The officer will be answerable TP the Commissioner of Police, F-SARS at the Force Headquarters and not Commander F-SARS in the states.

10. Henceforth, F-SARS personnel will not perform Stop and Search duties except on distress calls to respond to armed robbery and kidnapping offences only, and they must appear in their police uniform with full identification pending the launch of new F-SARS uniform with identity name tag by the Inspector-General of Police for all F-SARS personnel throughout the country.

11. Periodic training program/medical and psychological screening in collaboration with some Civil Society

12. Members of the public who have Amy complaints in the past or present violation of their rights by any SARS personnel anywhere in the country are to report via the following channels for investigation:

I. DIG, Department of Operations: 08037025670 II. IGP X-SQAUD: 09026900729, 08078662130, 08174041000 – CALLS, 09032278905 – SMS, 09035621377 -WhatsApp Email: integritysquare@gmail.com III. IGP Monitoring Unit: igpmonotoringabj@yahoo.com, 08036242591 IV. Commissioner of Police, F-SARS: 08033476852 V. FORCE PUBLIC COMPLAINT BUREAU: 07056792065 Calls/SMS/ WhatsApp 08088450152 Calls/SMS/WhatsApp email: bailisfree@ gmail.com, pressforabuja@gmail.com, Twitter @PoliceNG, www. Facebook.com/ngpolice VI. PUBLIC COMPLAINT RAPID RESPONSE UNIT (PCRRU) 08057000001 - calls only. 08057000002 – calls only. 08057000003 – SMS and WhatsApp only. Twitter: @PoliceNG_PCRRU, www.Facebook. com/policePCRRU, NGOs/CSOs