Edo State Commissioner of Police, CP Abutu Yaro, yesterday said the state command has put in place  tactics to curb the many security challenges bedeviling the state.

CP Yaro who was newly deployed to the state, disclosed this in Benin on Tuesday when he paid a courtesy visit to the Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ) Edo State council’s secretariat.

The Commissioner of Police who promised to foster a smooth relationship with journalists in

the state, said this was a view to ensuring a crime free state.

Yaro took over from former CP Philip Ogbadu who retired from active service recently.

In his response, Chairman, NUJ, Edo State council, Comrade Festus Alenkhe, called for a symbiotic relationship between the police command and journalists with a view to giving the memebers of public accrute information.

He emphazised that all hands must be on deck to keep Edo State safe for all.