The efforts by the police to curb the rising incidents of insecurity and crime in the country have failed because they lack an effective community policing strategy. The new inspector general has his work well cut out. Besides building a professional, representative, responsive and accountable police service, the new leadership must put in place structures and systems to support community policing. The police force is seriously under- staffed and one way of improving its effectiveness is to create working relationship with the community...
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