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Date: April 29, 2024 Mon
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Results for community policing (sierra leone)
1 results foundAuthor: Albrecht, Peter Title: Community Policing in Sierra Leone - Local Policing Partnership Boards Summary: This report was produced in 2012-2013 in support of the Access to Security and Justice Programme (ASJP) in Sierra Leone, funded by the United Kingdom (UK) Department for International Development (DFID) and implemented by Development Alternatives Inc. (DAI). Its findings have been used to inform the program's activities as they relate to the Sierra Leone Police (SLP) community policing model, which is built up around the Local Policing Partnership Boards (LPPBs). From this point of departure, the report serves two purposes. First, it is a source of how the SLP has applied its community policing in Sierra Leone, and specifically how LPPBs operate across the country. Second, the report provides insight into the approach taken by the ASJP in support of the SLP community policing model. (For this reason, recommendations as they were formulated in 2013 have not been deleted from the report). As soon as the war in Sierra Leone officially came to an end (2002), the process of establishing LPPBs in Local Command Units (LCU) (police divisions) across Sierra Leone began. They were instituted to ensure stakeholder participation in the process of policing, signifying a perceived need within the police and among international partners to rebuild relations with local communities. They are expected to investigate and resolve conflict between members of the community, and increase the level of interaction between the police and the local communities. What this has meant in practice is under scrutiny in this report. The report analyses how community policing is organized in 17 of Sierra Leone's 33 LCUs by looking at the role and responsibilities of LPPBs in: a. Establishing linkages between local communities and the SLP; b. Enforcing local security; and c. Setting priorities of the SLP. Conclusions are based upon on-site observations and comprehensive interviews of police officers and LPPB members. The report reveals a number of reasons why the LPPBs are an important element of the SLP's policing model, but also where there is room for improvement. Details: Copenhagen: Danish Institute for International Studies (DIIS), 2014. 66p. Source: Internet Resource: DIIS Report 2014:16: Accessed August 13, 2014 at: http://en.diis.dk/files/publications/Reports2014/diisreport2014-16_forweb.pdf Year: 2014 Country: Sierra Leone URL: http://en.diis.dk/files/publications/Reports2014/diisreport2014-16_forweb.pdf Shelf Number: 133026 Keywords: Community Policing (Sierra Leone)PartnershipsPolice Reform |