COMMUNITY POLICING IN DEMOCRATIC NIGERIA: - PROBLEMS AND PROSPECTS

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2012-03
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HAMIDU, Abdul Abdullahi
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Being a paper presented at International Conference on “Managing National and International Security in a Globalized World” holding at the Nigeria Army Peacekeeping Centre, Jaji, Kaduna, Kaduna State, Nigeria
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Since 1999 Nigeria have continue to witness unprecedented violence and growing insecurity to the extent that the police cannot handle successfully. Segments of the society now devise various means of protecting themselves and their property using militias and divest community vigilante groups. This paper anchor on the Broken Window Theory seeks to understand the dynamics of community policing (CP) in Nigeria in terms of problems and prospects, for effective partnership with the formal law enforcement agencies. The methodology use for the study is the content analysis using secondary data. This paper argues that Community policing is embedded in a range of social relations and historical trajectories that differs from one community to the other, yet if well exploited and integrated within the relations of state power, issues of violence and insecurity will be minimize. The findings include the fact that the relationship between the formal law enforcement and the informal community policing organisation is often not cordial. This could be attributed to constitutional issues and modus operandi of these groups. The paper then suggests the use of participatory methodology between the formal law enforcement agencies and the various stake holders in every community.
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Being a paper presented at International Conference on “Managing National and International Security in a Globalized World” holding at the Nigeria Army Peacekeeping Centre, Jaji, Kaduna, Kaduna State, Nigeria
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