Police-public Relations: A Case Study of Anambra State Police Command

Police-public Relations: A Case Study of Anambra State Police Command.

ABSTRACT  

It seems to be a reality of modern urban life that, from time to time, tensions can develop between law enforcement and community members or groups. Given this reality, it is worth doing some thinking about the best ways to prevent these tensions from developing in the first place, and of resolving them when they do.  

As for mutual understanding, the public is well aware that the average policeman’s day can be stressful, but again, that is no excuse for being rude, obnoxious, and downright aggressive. Officers need to be reminded that they are PUBLIC SERVANTS, not judges, juries, and jailers.  

They need to realize that the public has rights, rights secured by the constitution which trumps any other rules, laws, and regulations. They need to stop treating these rights as if they were negotiable or nonexistent. 

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Title page – – – – – – – – – – i
Approval page – – – – – – – – – ii
Certification – – – – – – – – – – iii
Dedication – – – – – – – – – – iv
Acknowledgement – – – – – – – – v
Abstract – – – – – – – – – – vi
Table of contents – – – — – – – – – vii

Chapter One: Introduction – – – – – – 1

1.1 Background of the study – – – – – – 1
1.2 Statement of the problem – – – – – – 3
1.3 Objectives of the study – – – – – – – 4
1.4 Significance of the study – – – – – – 5
1.5 Scope of the study – – – – – – – 8
1.6 Limitation of the study – – – – – – – 9

Chapter Two: Literature Review

2.1 Definition of terms – – – – – – – 11
2.2 The history of the Nigeria Police – – – – – 12
2.3 Functions of the Nigeria police – – – – – 14
2.4 Powers of the Nigeria Police- – – – – — 14
2.5 The Nigeria Police Council – – – – – – 16
2.6 Police Service Commission – – – – – – 19
2.7 Fundamental Human Right Provision – – – – 23
2.8 Judicial Mechanism- – — – – – – – 24
2.9 The President of the Federation, and Governors of the
State – – – – – – – – – – 25
2.10 Internal Mechanism of police discipline and
Accountability – – – – – – – – 25
2.11 Code of police Conduct- – – – – – – 26
2.12 Administrative Mechanism – – – – – – – 28
2.13 External Mechanism of police- Public Relation – – 29
2.14 Factors that cause poor police performance of the police
in Anambra State. – – – – – – – 30
2.15 Hypotheses- – – – – – – – – – 40
2.16 Theoretical framework- – – – – – – 41
2.17 Application of the theory – – – – – – 44
2.18 Hypotheses testing – – – – – – – 46

Chapter Three: Research Methodology

3.1 Area of study – – – – – – – – 64
3.2 Population of the study – – – – – – 64
3.3. Target population- – – – – – – – – 64
3.4. Procedures and instrument of Data collection- – 65
3.5. Primary instrument – – – – – – – 65
3.6. Secondary instrument – – – – – – – 66
3.7. Sample size of respondents – – – – – 66
3.8. Detail information on data – – – – – – 66
3.9. Distribution and collection- – – – – – 67
3.10. Validation of instruments – – – – – – 67
3.11. Administration of Questionnaire- – – – – – 68
3.12. Sampling Technique- – – – – – – – 68
3.13. Method of Data analyses- – – – – – – 68

Chapter Four: Data Presentation and analysis

Chapter Five: Summary, Conclusion

INTRODUCTION  

Police-Public Relations in Nigeria is one of the most antagonistic and hostile in the world because of its combination of unequal social order, weak Police internal control system, and the largely involuntary nature of Police Public interactions. In an ideal society, the police at all times ought to be servants of the people.  

If that is the case, there would be no antagonism and hostility between the police and the public they serve. However, the literature on police and policing reveals that the Police are often in conflict with a significant percentage of the population in almost all the countries of the world (Alemika, 1999, Reiner, 2000, Alemika and Chukwuma, 2000).  

This is so for largely two factors. Firstly, modern societies are diverse in economic, social, and cultural compositions, which means that the police cannot be neutral in respect of competing and, sometimes, antagonistic class relations no matter how hard they try. Secondly, perhaps, 2 most importantly, police are agencies of the state employed to maintain the social order in which the interests of the rulers and the dominant economic class are paramount. 

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