Prioritising Training and People-oriented Security Education for Effective Policing in Nigeria

Bibliographic Data

ID12968545
AuthorsChibuzor Chile Nwobueze (Wellspring University, corresponding author), James Okolie-Osemene (0000-0003-1748-3822, Marymount University), Ndu John Young
Year2018
Volume10
Issue2
Pages82-82
Publication date2018-03-30
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueReview of European Studies (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1918-7173 • E-ISSN: 1918-7181
PublisherCanadian Center of Science and Education (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.5539/res.v10n2p82
OpenAlexW2795246806
LanguageEN
References cited5

Currently, Nigeria’s security sector needs effective policing considering the spate of insecurity and frustrated relationship between the citizens and the police. Consequently, some officers are seen as dishonest and agents of complicity. Unlike most parts of the world where the people love, support the police, Nigeria still records threats to police-public relations owing to the attitudes of some officers who tarnish the image of the security agency through uncivilised, inhuman and unlawful acts while on duty and beyond. With qualitative data, this paper explores how training and people-oriented security education can enhance effective policing for a more secure Nigeria. This paper argues that police effectiveness should no longer be hinged only on equipping officers for counter-terrorism or establishment of special units to eradicate organised crime, but also on training them on weekly/monthly basis to respond to rapidly emerging threats to national security and trainings on enhancing collaborative police-public relations

Agency (philosophy · Complicity · Criminology · Duty · Law enforcement · Political science · Public relations · Public security · Social science · Sociology · Terrorism · Training (meteorology · Crime Patterns and Interventions · Cybercrime and Law Enforcement Studies · Law · Policing Practices and Perceptions · Public Administration

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