Effective Policing In Contemporary Nigeria: The Nigeria Police Force

Abstract

To say the least, fighting crime, social deviance, and maintaining public order /safety are two of the most important tasks of every government; our policymakers tend to have very limited information on how to achieve this goal, (Eck & Edward, 2006). This paper attempts to identify critical issues that are germane to effective policing in contemporary Nigeria. The paper also identifies some challenges that plague the Nigeria Police Force as an institution in the present democratic settings, (Zems, 2017). In spite of awful and prevailing security challenges, the paper would identities prospects in the sustenance of effective policing in the present democratic epoch, (David & John, 2004). To achieve this, the paper concludes with good governance concerning police reform as strategies for an effective policing in contemporary Nigeria, (Flanagan, 2008:7,). Policing refers to the profession and practice of maintaining social order and enforcing the law through the prevention, detection, and intelligence-led policing to reducing the crime and fear of crime too. As society's most visible and contacted legal agents, police officers are empowered by a governmental body, Worrall, 2002). Finally, in the paper, we focus on efforts aimed at improving the efficiency and effectiveness of the Nigeria Police Force. That's the main point of these discussions, so far most of the literature focused on the constraints to police work, (Alemika, 1999).