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American Rescued From Kidnappers’ Den in Nigeria

Philip Walton: US citizen freed from kidnappers in dramatic rescue operation by Navy SEALS in Nigeria

 

Courtesy – The Independent
Gino Spocchia •October 31, 2020

US special forces have rescued an American citizen who was kidnapped by armed men in an operation on Saturday in northern Nigeria, US officials said.

 

Forces including Navy SEALs rescued 27-year-old Philip Walton, who had been abducted on Tuesday from his home in neighbouring Niger, two US officials told Reuters on condition of anonymity, adding that no US troops were hurt. Several of the captors are believed to have been killed in the mission.

 

A diplomat source in Niger said Mr Walton is now at the US ambassador’s residence in Niamey.

“Big win for our very elite US Special Forces today,” Donald Trump wrote on Twitter on Saturday.

White House press secretary Kayleigh McEnany told Fox News that the Trump administration had over the years rescued 55 hostages in 24 countries.

 

The Pentagon confirmed the operation but did not provide the identity of the hostage.

In statement to ABC News, Pentagon chief spokesperson Jonathan Hoffman said “US forces conducted a hostage rescue operation during the early hours of 31 October in Northern Nigeria to recover an American citizen held hostage by a group of armed men,”

“This American citizen is safe and is now in the care of the U.S. Department of State. No US military personnel were injured during the operation,” he added. “We appreciate the support of our international partners in conducting this operation.”

 

Mr Walton, who was reported to have kept camels, sheep and poultry and grew mangoes near the Niger-Nigeria border, was kidnapped by six men armed with AK-47 assault rifles who arrived on motorcycles at his home in southern Niger’s Massalata village early on Tuesday.

His wife, young daughter and brother were left behind, whilst the group had demanded money.

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FAQ – Community Policing and Security of Lives in Every Community

Community Policing

What is Community Policing?

Wikipedia – en.wikipedia.org/wiki/
Community policing, or community-oriented policing (COP), is a strategy of policing that focuses on building ties and working closely with members of the community. It is a philosophy of full-service policing that is highly personal, where an officer patrols the same area for a period of time and develops a partnership with citizens to identify and solve problems.

The central goal of community policing is for the police to build relationships with the community, 

including through local agencies to reduce social disorder. Although community policing mostly targets low-level crime, the broken windows theory proposes that this can reduce more serious crime as well.

Community policing is related to problem-oriented policing and intelligence-led policing, and contrasts with reactive policing strategies which were predominant in the late 20th century.[10] Many police forces have teams that focus specifically on community policing, such as Neighbourhood Policing Teams in the United Kingdom, which are separate from the more centralized units that respond to emergencies.

 
What are the strategies of community policing?

The three key components of community policing strategies are organizational transformation, community partnerships, and shared problem solving.

 
Common methods of community-policing include:

Encouraging the community to help prevent crime by providing advice, talking to students and encouraging neighborhood watch groups
Increased use of foot or bicycle patrols.
Increased officer accountability to the communities they serve
Creating teams of officers to carry out community policing in designated neighborhoods.
Clear communication between the police and the communities about their objectives and strategies.
Partnerships with other organizations such as government agencies, community members, nonprofit service providers, private businesses and the media.
Moving towards some decentralizing of the police authority, allowing more discretion among lower-ranking officers, and more initiative expected from them.

What is an example of community policing?

Neighborhood watches are an example of community policing in action, and these are when residents set up teams to routinely keep an eye out for potential criminal activity. Along these lines are “walk throughs”, which also involve citizens on the alert for crime, and ready to report it.

What to know about community policing?

Community policing stresses prevention, early identification, and timely intervention to deal with issues before they become unwieldy problems. Individual officers tend to function as general-purpose practitioners who bring together both government and private resources to achieve results.