Speaking in an interview in Owerri on Wednesday, Dega said the police needed to work with the media in the fight against crime in the state.
He blamed the inefficiency in the discharge of police duties on lack of proper information from the citizens.
Dega promised to strengthen the police public relations office with modern communication equipment and to operate an open door policy for journalists to gain easy access to the command.
He also said that criminal activities, especially kidnapping, was on the decline since he assumed office in the state.
The commissioner also said that the mobile phone numbers of some category of officers would be made available to members of the public to give the people easy access to police protection during emergency.
Dega advised the people to desist from illegal activities and engage in genuine businesses.
Kaduna Police College sacks 234 recruits over fraud
The Police College, Kaduna has discharged 234 recruits for failure to meet the basic entry requirements of the institution.
Commandant of the college, Sunusi Rufai, a Commissioner of Police, disclosed this while addressing newsmen in Kaduna on Wednesday.
Rufai said the college had discovered that some of the students were ``lepers; some had sight problems’’, while others had no basic entry requirements for the 15-month training.
He said 234 of the 5,000 recruits had been expelled for being lepers, partially blind, falsification of credentials and several inimical acts, which contravened police training requirements.
He said some of recruits absconded and returned and ``we said no, training school is not like conventional university.
He said their expulsion was in accordance with Section 116 of the Police Act and Regulations, which empowered a commandant to discharge unfit trainees.
Rufai said that a committee had been set up to investigate officials, who had handled their recruitment.
Police arrest man for using pressing iron on son
The Police in Rivers on Wednesday arrested a man who allegedly used a hot pressing iron to inflict bodily harm on his 12-year-old son.
Mr Ben Ugwuebulam, the police spokesman told Newsmen in Port Harcourt, that the suspect Moses Jaja, allegedly pressed the iron on the victim's hand and back, after accusing him of stealing.
He said the victim had been taken to Braithwaite Memorial Specialist Hospital in Port Harcourt for medical attention, while the suspect had been detained pending the conclusion of investigation.
Ugwuebulam said Jaja would be prosecuted as soon as investigation into the case was concluded.
The boy denied stealing anything, saying it was not the first time his father would be torturing him over such allegation.
The victim said he was originally living with his grandmother in Opobo Town, after his mother's death, but moved to his father's house in February.
The boy believed that his step mother was responsible for his father’s odd behaviour towards him.
The boy, who claimed to be in Primary five while with his grand mother, said his father had not enrolled him in any school in Port Harcourt since he came to live with him.
Already, two NGOs, the Child Protection Network and the Federation of Women Lawyers have waded into the case.
Michael Gbarale, the Chairman of the network of the network in the state, said their investigation had revealed that the suspect allegedly locked up the victim in his house after inflicting the injuries on him, to prevent people from noticing.
He said luck ran out of the father when he sent the boy out to fetch water, where youth in Borokiri community saw the wounds inflicted on the boy and beat up the suspect.
The chairman said Jaja was saved by the police who dispersed the mob and arrested him.
He advised the state government to establish courts to handle cases of child abuse, to ensure accelerated hearing and disposal of such matters.
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