Bafoussam: Municipal Police Take Oath of Office

S ome 15 newly recruited municipal police agents of the Bafoussam City Council, have been told to use the knowledge acquired at the National school of Administra­ tion (NASLA) in ensuring a har­ monious and more secured at­ mosphere for the numerous traders along the streets of the city. This appeal was made by the President of the Ba­ foussam Court of First Instance, Boumsong Emile, on 30 October 2026, while presiding over the oath taking ceremony of the newly recruited municipal police agents. He warned them that their main roles are the impro­ vement of insecurity among the traders and hawkers, stres­ sing that their duties end in maintaining public disorder among streets vendors, traders and road users. Emile Boum­ song, reiterated that they must not play the roles of the Police or Gendarme officers, noting that all illegal activities carried out by them will face legal ac­ tion and prosecution in a law court. Earlier the State Counsel of the Court, Judith Leopoldine Yong Epse Ngoua, reminded the new municipal police agents of the decree No.2022/354 of the August 2022 decree that lays down the attributions and conditions binding municipal police, in the solemn acts of swearing a pledge in Court, be­ fore assuming duties. She said they are placed directly under the authority of the City Mayor, adding that their functions are to work at ma...