Cameroon: Outright Professionalisation Needed!

opinion

The private security sector in the country has been witnessing some mutations for some time now. Moving from nine to 25 licensed private security agencies; following authorisations given to 16 new ones, the sector is called upon to live up to its billing in the protection of private and public edifices based on contracts reached with those in need of their services.

It is an open secret that before the Presidential text reorganising the private security sector was published, so much cacophony was known therein. Their scope of work vis-à-vis government's security and law-enforcement officers was not clear. Which of the private security officer was to own what weapon, when and how to use them kept the population at a loss. What training were they to receive and from whom; absolutely needed clarification and so from the most authoritative person.

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