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Effectiveness Of The Law Enforcement Agency
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The problems of Surulere Nigerian police in
exercising its duties are both logistical and moral. Over the years in
logistical terms, the force has maintained by the federal government has
not had enough equipment. The quantity and quality of weapons, arms and
ammunition available in most mobile squadron units in the country are
hardly enough. There are some instances where the force cannot stand the
counter firepower of armed bandits. In terms of human resources and
strength, the Surulere Nigerian police is yet to have the strength that
can adequately contain crime in country. Recruitment into the force has
been epileptic. Losses of personnel through natural death, active
service, retirement and disciplinary action have not been adequate
replacement over the years. With regard to the standard laid by the
United Nations ratio of one policeman to 400 citizens. Nigeria has not
met the standard. The strength of the force, by the time the then
Inspector General of Police Mr Musliu Smith assumed duty was under
120,000 (Nigeria Tribute 10th August, 2000). Okunola (1995) estimated
the ratio of the police man to about 641 Nigerians. Which is not much
improvement on ratio 1:980 as at 1979 (Danmadani, 1979).
The reward and pay structure of the force is also not encouraging
compared to what it takes for one to lay down his/her life, the security
is not available. The benefits are not attractive as revealed by Mr.
Iwendi Haz, police public relation officer.
All these among
others constitute the major problems of the study. The Criteria for
Measuring Successful Policing (According To NOPRIN, 2004). These
criteria are as follows:
• EFFECTIVENESS (e.g. fewer or reduced
criminal victimization; higher proportion of crimes known to the police
cleared by arrest; increased recovery of stolen property; higher rates
of arrests which result in conviction; lower traffic accident rates;
faster response time to reports/complaints).
• RESPONSIVENESS (e.g.
higher citizen perception of safety from crime; higher citizen ratings
of police performance in general; higher citizen ratings of specific
police activities; higher citizen ratings of specific aspects of police
conduct such as honesty, integrity, courtesy and fairness).
• EQUITY (i.e. with reference to egalitarian distribution of “protection†to all sections of the population).
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EFFICIENCY (i.e. with reference to cost-and-benefit analysis of
“protection†output relative to monetary, human and material in-put).
However, when the above are translated into their ordinary meaning, the
value and worth of a police force can be determined by:
• The amount and quality of protection it offers the citizens as a whole; and
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The degree of confidence and cooperation it enjoys from the average
citizen. Effective and efficient policing in Nigeria: Inadequacies,
problems & obstacles Judged by the yardsticks outlined, it has long
been clear to a majority of Nigerians that the Nigeria Police Force
falls short of optimum performance. There is abundant official and
research confirmation of this assertion, apart from information in the
daily newspapers, and there is no need to “prove†the non-optimum
performance of the Nigeria Police Force in the present contribution.
Rather, what is needed is the identification of the major inadequacies,
problems and obstacles that are responsible for the situation. And these
may be grouped into three categories: material inadequacies; human
problems; and obstacles external to the Force.
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ABSRACT - [ Total Page(s): 1 ]There has been a rising concern on the security of the country. This project is focused on studying the effect of Law enforcement agency in the Surulere Nigerian police force. The study made use of both primary and secondary data. And the research instrument used was the questionnaire administered to a sample size of 100 respondents. From the test result of hypothesis one, the study discovered that inadequate training does significantly contribute to ineffective crime control by the law enforcem ... Continue reading---
