The Pinnacle Impacts Of The Community Policing As A Pillar In Sustaining Global Peace
Adebayo, Olusegun Alaba
Societal Criminologist, Faculty of Education, Department of Military Education Courses,
Air Force Institute of Technology Kaduna
Abstract
The community policing is the measures and actions taken by a variety of institutions and groups both formal and non-formal in the society to regulate social relations and practices in order to secure the safety of members of communal state as well as conformity to the norms and values of the society in questions mostly through shaming theory school of thought, the pre-colonial, the colonial period and the post-colonial eras each of which have represented various policing realities in Nigeria. Each of the periods captures the unique contemporaneous social relations and perceived crime reality. The quest to maintain law and order and enforce the rules of the government has led to the emergence of different policing styles in Nigeria. Though the people had their own unique and informal means of maintain value and order embedded in the culture and traditions of various indigenous and ethnic status. To attain global peace community policing needs global in-looks. Community policing will enhance global peace by militating against all odds from the grassroots’ criminal ventures such as rumors/hate speech, wars, kidnapping, physical/sphere assaults, rape, terrorism, insurgent activities, ritualist, bribing/corruption practices, school dropout, civil unrest, erosions, addiction/ substance usage, riots, human trafficking, prostitution, lesbianism, gay marriage, religion bigotry, malpractice of all kinds, fraudsters’, molestation of any such, fake news, environmental pollution, militancy, agitator, banditry, cultism, stealing, assassination, Ponzi scheme, coup junta and units of others contemporary global issues.
Keywords: Pinnacle, Community Policing, Police, Pillar, Communal Impact.
Impact Statement
Mostly the pinnacle impacts of community policing in ensuring security well-being of the society are: i. Shaming theory among others which is paramount to communal criminal justice system, Community policing will enhance sustainable global peace by militating against odds from the grassroots’ criminal venture such as cyber bulling, cyber stalking, kidnapping, physical/ sphere assaults, rape, terrorism, insurgent activities, ritualist, bribing/corruption practices, school dropout, civil unrest, war, erosions, addiction/ substance usage, riots, human trafficking, enslaving, prostitution, lesbianism, gay marriage, religion bigotry, malpractice of all kinds, fraudsters’, get money quick syndrome, molestation of any such, fake news, environmental pollution, militancy, agitator, banditry, cultism, stealing, assassination, Ponzi scheme, coup junta and units of others contemporary global issues.
Community policing is, in essence, a collaboration between the national conventional police force and the community alongside with other security agency that identifies and solves community problems.
About Author
OLUSEGUN ALABA ADEBAYO is Societal Criminologist with qualifications NCE, ND, HND, PGD, M. Sc (Criminology), and working as FACULTY OF EDUCATION, DEPARTMENT OF MILITARY EDUCATION STUDIES NIGERIA, AIRFORCE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY KADUNA.
LIST OF ACADEMIC ARTICLES PUBLISHED WITH DATES:
1.Curbing Substance use and Addiction as a catalyst in preventing criminality in Tertiary Institution’’ One Day International Multidisciplinary Conference on “Emerging Trends & Challenges in Humanities, Education, Science and Social Sciences” on March 25, 2022, in Auditorium, Gandhi Memorial National College, Ambala Cantt. India.
2. The Impact of Early Childhood Care Education (ECCE) on the Academic Performance of Pupils in Primary School in Gwagwalada Area Council of Federal Capital Territory Abuja (GLOBAL JOURNAL OF ACADEMIC RESEARCH FORUM) Multi-Disciplinary Page 52. 2021.
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