Exploring the subsidiarity principle in policing and the operations of the Nigeria Police Force

Odeyemi, Temitayo Isaac; Obiyan, A. Sat

doi:10.1080/10246029.2017.1383924

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“…Studies on police–citizen relations in Nigeria show worsening outcomes (Ikutejiyo and Rotimi, 2014). The literature is replete with evidence of negative trends in public perceptions of the police (Ajayi and Longe, 2014; Odeyemi and Obiyan, 2017; United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime and National Bureau of Statistics, 2017; Wambua, 2015), indicating negative public attitudes towards the police, which, in the discussion of Zhao and Ren (2015), hinder public safety. The implications of these have been stiffening security challenges.…”

Section: Discussion: Digital Technology and Police–citizen Relationsmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…The police force operates a highly centralised system under the overall control of an inspector general who takes policy and operational directives from the president. Unlike the fragmented systems existing in most federations, only central government has authority over the police with ineffectual and non-binding input from subnational governments (Odeyemi and Obiyan, 2017). Police commissioners who head state commands at the subnational level owe allegiance to the hierarchical command structure rather than civil society inputs to policing at a local level, limiting accountability, community partnership and oversight.…”

Section: Easton’s Systems Analysis the Nigeria Police Force And Polimentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Internal and external police accountability and oversight mechanisms including bodies such as the Police Service Commission (PSC), National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) and Public Complaints Commission (PCC) continue to experience limitations in the task of promoting democratic policing (Amnesty International, 2014; CLEEN Foundation, 2013). These have resulted in controversies amid calls for restructuring to allow subnational levels of government and civil society to exercise influence over policing at the local level (Odeyemi and Obiyan, 2017).…”

Section: Easton’s Systems Analysis the Nigeria Police Force And Polimentioning

confidence: 99%

“…In today’s international governance systems, security of lives and property underlies the functioning of societies. Evidence continues to highlight the roles of state and non-state actors in this direction (Alemika, 2011; Hills, 2007; Odeyemi and Obiyan, 2017). Government, as a state actor, is primarily concerned with the security and welfare of citizens, carried out through an amalgam of institutions.…”

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confidence: 99%

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Digital policing technologies and democratic policing

Odeyemi

Obiyan

2018

International Journal of Police Science & Management

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The police are expected to perform functions critical to relations between the government and citizens in democratic societies. However, in Nigeria, the reality is that the police organisation suffers limitations that undermine effective and democratic policing. Although the Nigeria Police Force has a long and chequered history, its services are dogged by challenges including adversarial police–citizen relations and mutual suspicion and police misconduct. To address these problems and enhance policing, the Nigeria Police Force has deployed digital technologies through a Complaint Response Unit [later renamed the Public Complaint Rapid Response Unit (PCRRU)]. The PCRRU allows the public to connect with the police through dedicated phone numbers for calls and SMS, and a round-the-clock presence on Twitter, Facebook, WhatsApp, Blackberry Messenger and a mobile application. Although this initiative often draws attention and commendation, it also raises doubts about sustenance and utility value. Drawing on David Easton’s input–output nexus as a theoretical underpinning on the one hand, and data sourced through expert opinion interviews and web measurement on the other hand, this article investigates how these digital policing technologies, through the PCRRU, enhance efforts at mutually rewarding police–citizen relations and police accountability, as requisites of democratic policing, in Nigeria. The findings expand discussion on the dimensions of Nigeria’s police–citizen relations and the potentials of technology in promoting positive outcomes. The findings also suggest means through which police managers can optimise technology in ways that aid strategic efforts at improving public security.

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Section: Easton’s Systems Analysis the Nigeria Police Force And Polimentioning

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Section: Easton’s Systems Analysis the Nigeria Police Force And Polimentioning

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Digital policing technologies and democratic policing

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Obiyan

2018

International Journal of Police Science & Management

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“…The role of the police in every society is crucial to the maintenance of law and order. According to Odeyemi and Obiyan (Odeyemi and Obiyan 2018), the police as an institution is mostly charged with the responsibility of providing security or at the least a socio-psychological feeling of security for the citizen. To this end, policing entails an attempt at maintaining social order while the police as an institution is established to enforce the law and maintain social order.…”

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Insecurity and the Quest for State Police in the Context of the Restructuring Debate in Nigeria’s Fourth Republic

Saka

OLADEJO

2023

BNDU

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There has been a debate on the modality for the management of the Nigerian Police Force since the return to civil rule in 1999. The debate revolves around the need to devolve constitutional authority on policing to sub-national units. In theory, this will entail moving internal security issues, inclusive of policing, from the exclusive federal list to the concurrent list. Given the heighten insecurity that has plagued the Nigerian state in recent times, this paper examines the restructuring discourse in Nigeria with a specific focus on the call for the establishment of state police within the context of the subsidiarity principle. The study was contextualized within the exploratory research design paradigm and it adopted the qualitative approach in the sourcing and analysis of data. To this end, the paper has drawn information from published media reports that include: opinion, commentaries, editorials and news articles. Data was also sourced from published academic and policy publications that include: articles, chapter in books, books and government documents. Drawing on information from these sources, this paper assesses the positions of protagonists and antagonists of state police in Nigeria. It draws out implications for security governance in Nigeria.

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On the ‘darkness of dark figure’ of sexual crimes: Survivors' rape reporting experiences with the Nigerian police

Aborisade

2023

International Journal of Law, Crime and Justice

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Exploring the subsidiarity principle in policing and the operations of the Nigeria Police Force

Cited by 9 publications

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Digital policing technologies and democratic policing

Digital policing technologies and democratic policing

Insecurity and the Quest for State Police in the Context of the Restructuring Debate in Nigeria’s Fourth Republic

On the ‘darkness of dark figure’ of sexual crimes: Survivors' rape reporting experiences with the Nigerian police

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