COMMUNITY POLICING AS A PANACEA TO SECURITY CHALLENGE IN SOUTHERN KADUNA

Abstract

Globally, insecurity has become one of the major threats, especially in developing societies. In Nigeria, the state of insecurity is beyond words as the impunity with which crimes are committed is catastrophic, innocent human lives are continuously tormented and violated daily by hoodlums despite the promises of change by the government. The unabated and dehumanizing security problems faced in our country today which is a result of the ruthless Boko haram insurgents, rape, kidnapping, banditry, killer herdsmen, and other salient crimes are on the increase and these activities which have caused threats to human existence has spurred a rise in the clamour for the establishment of community policing in Nigeria. The paper argues that the centralized security system in Nigeria is a major threat to national development and should be jettisoned to save the nation from imploding, It further advocates for community policing as a panacea to the security problem in Southern Kaduna. The study is anchored on social disorganization theory as its framework of analysis. In carrying out this study, the multi-disciplinary approach is adopted which enhances and enriches the quality of this work and provides the work with the platform for cross-examination of ideas to come up with a coherent and acceptable outcome. Both primary and secondary sources were adopted.The study concludes that community policing is the way forward to addressing the numerous crime issues in Southern Kaduna as it involves grassroots participation.