The Sierra Leone Police under the leadership of the IGP William Fayia Sellu will soon commission its new radio station called the SLP Community Peace Radio 91.1 which is now on test transmission in Freetown.
Speaking to SLP media, they said that the FM 91.1 radio station which is presently on test transmission can be listened to in the western area and will soon be aired throughout the country in order to give the people of Sierra Leone prompt and reliable information about police and other institutions to enhance a peaceful co-existence in their various communities.
According to the IGP William Fayia Sellu, he said the radio will be managed by professionals in broadcasting to give out reliable, effective, and efficient news materials to the people and plans are underway to extend the listening coverage nationwide.
He concluded by saying that โWe want to create a cordial relationship between the police and the people so we can engage them in various programmes to foster a cordial civil police partnership to quickly curb crimes and frustrate rumours. False and fake news that may mislead the public in doing unlawful acts and we intend to use our programmes to educate the public about many things on how to handle their grievances in a peaceful and lawful mannerโ.
In another development in his drive to ensure a better and cordial relationship with the civilian populace in the eastern part of Freetown,
Famso FC of the Freetown-East region played a friendly match against police personnel of Freetown-East on Saturday 5th August 2023 at the Brima Attouga Mini Stadium Complex.
In a move to honour the event, the police Regional Commander Freetown-East ACP Dr. John Martin Senesie and his team of elite football police personnel marched into the field. They held a community-friendly match against team Famso FC, a well-trained and composed community team that proved to be like Goliath in the field of play, who does not know the meaning of the word ‘friendly’, started to commit fouls all over the place.
Eventually, the defenders of team Famso Fc ran out of luck when they committed a foul against the prolific striker of SLP Fc (Dr. Senesie) that led to a penalty kick.
The proficient striker (Dr. Senesie) converted the spot kick into a goal by sending the goalkeeper in the wrong direction and thereby secured a goal for team SLP Fc.
Several attempts to equalize were thwarted by team SLP Fc and the match ended one-nil against Famso Fc.
The LPPB Regional Coordinator Mr. Melbourne Greene used the opportunity to sensitize the various community youths to stay away from harmful drugs, especially Kush as it has the potential to kill or lead to madness.
The team manager of team Famso Fc applauded the Regional Commander and the police as a whole for boosting the relationship between the police and the community through football-friendly matches.
All ended peacefully with merriments and refreshments among the fans of both teams.
