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Com­mu­ni­ty se­cu­ri­ty stake­hold­ers are urg­ing the Gov­ern­ment to im­ple­ment tar­get­ed po­lice op­er­a­tions, while en­sur­ing safe­guards against abuse of pow­er, as part of their plan to in­tro­duce Zones of Spe­cial Op­er­a­tions (ZOSOs) in the fight against crime.

The Law Re­form Zones of Spe­cial Op­er­a­tions, Spe­cial Se­cu­ri­ty and Com­mu­ni­ty De­vel­op­ment Mea­sures Act, 2026, was passed in the low­er house ear­ly on Sat­ur­day morn­ing with 27 in sup­port of the bill as op­posed to 11 against.

When con­tact­ed for com­ment, re­tired se­nior su­per­in­ten­dent in charge of the Cen­tral Di­vi­sion, Ken­ny McIn­tyre, said he was op­ti­mistic that the in­tro­duc­tion of spe­cif­ic ZOSO could yield long-term crime-fight­ing suc­cess­es.