Students of the University of Lagos on Monday called for the dismantling of drinking spots close to police stations to prevent accidental discharge.
The students, at an interactive forum organised by CLEEN Foundation, an NGO, said that such places were bad influence on policemen.
They claimed that some of the policemen, especially those on patrol duties, drink at such spots before going out on patrol.
The forum held at the UNILAG Sports Centre has as its theme: Youths and Crime Prevention.
The students also urged the police authorities to re-orientate their men to make them friendly to members of the public.
Peter Ogumba, a Deputy Superintendent of Police, who represented the Deputy Commissioner of Police, State CID, Panti, said that it was an offence for any policeman to drink while on duty.
He said the law banning policemen from taking alcohol while on duty was still in force.
Many policemen have been dismissed and prosecuted for accidental discharges where innocent lives have been lost, Ogumba said.
He described extra judicial killing as a professional misconduct which the police authorities frowned at strongly, saying many policemen had been prosecuted for such offence.
He advised the students to always give information to the police as a way to prevent crime.
He also urged them to be disciplined, have the fear of God and avoid friends that could negatively influence them.
Earlier, the representative of CLEEN Foundation, Onyiyen Onyemobi, advised students to partner with security agencies, particularly the police, to rid the society of crime.
She said the forum was taken to UNILAG as a way of sensitising students on the need to prevent crime.
About 100 students attended the forum.
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