paganizondar: Nice post. Good Analysis. Its just so sad that our police force has HIV(Immune deficiency syndrome)

paganizondar: Nice post. Good Analysis. Its just so sad that our police force has HIV(Immune deficiency syndrome)

Blockus: [b]1. Systematically phase out the old guys. Reason: You cant teach an old Dog new ...

Blockus: [b]1. Systematically phase out the old guys. Reason: You cant teach an old Dog new tricks.
2. Increase the recruitment requirement from 'School Cert' to OND or 6 Credit in WAEC and subject all intakes to pass through an entrance examination conducted by an independent body or firm. Also, all entrants must pass a psych evaluation by a certified shrink.
3. Police training college should be upgraded to a full educational institution like a Polythecnic where intakes enroll in different courses or Crime fighting and prevention.
4. Particular attention should be paid towards teaching the Nigerian police to honour the badge (Change all the Police logos to a proper badge).
5. All Police personnel must have Workmans compensation of not less than 5 million Naira for the lowest Police officer that is killed in the line of duty and 3 Million for those injured in the line of duty.
6. Improve Police welfare in general, creating housing schemes for them to buy into and loans and grants.
7. Inrease their salaries and make it favorable.
8. Make the Police I.T compliant. All matters are to be entered into a computer.
9. Replace all AK-47s and other Assault rifles currently in circulation and replace it with a standard issue 9mm Beretta pistol. Assault Rifles should be carried only by the Special Unit of the Mobile Police and SARS.
10. Make the Name Tags and Police I.D Number Bolder and bigger so its easy to read incase of ;Whistle blowing'.
11. Every Policeman must go in for some training and course every 2 years and must be psychologically evaluated every 2 years.
12. Equip all officers properly with;
- Side Arm
- Mace
- Teaser
- Set of Cuffs
- Flashlights
- Walkie-Talkie/Radio
- Baton
- Whistle.
13. Dash Cameras and onboard computers in all Patrol vehicles so an Officer can quickly check the I.D of a suspect to know if he has any outstanding. Sort of like access the Police Website.
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reedonne:

I support all of your point except minimum requirement for the job.
I also want to add these
1)There should be a complaint organization run by civilian(non policemen) where we can report any case of corruption by policemen
2)There should be special taskforce manage by state goverment to monitor police activities in each state. This is to check corruption and illegal detentions. Training alone wont do the work.
3)Police intelligience capability should be review upward
4)Suspicious activities report unit should be created to monitor suspicious activities in the country. It should have a special hotline from the emergency service
5)Mobile police should be replace with SWAT team with each division having a SWAT team
6)SWAT team should be trained in SIMULATION search and rescue operation, hostage rescue, high powered combat with great emphasis on teamwork
7)SWAT team should be heavily armed and have special car since they can be call to operation any second.

Blockus:


The minimum requirement is Perfect as you cant expect a school cert holder (by Nigerian school standards) to be intelligent enough to properly interprete the Laws. The Nigerian Police should no longer be the dumping ground for school dropouts. It should carry some form of respect and dignity. If School Cert holders must join the police, then they should be put in the Traffic Control Unit and not given any weapons.

@ Your Post;

1. The Nigerian Police already has a Whistle Blowing Unit - NOPRIN foundation?

2. The State Government has VERY little control over the Police as the Nigerian Police is a Federal Institution.

3. Police Intelligence unit.

4. There is a snitch unit in the Nigerian Police for informants.. Problem is nobody snitches to the police because nobody trusts the police.

5. The Mobile Police division and SARS (Special Anti Robbery Squad) are Nigerias equivalent of SWAT (Special Weapons & Tactics).

reedonne:

If police colleage is upgrade to university level, they can learn law during education. So there is nothing wrong with using WAEC as minimum requirement.
2) NOPRIN Foundation should be strengthen if they exist in Nigeria for decades and corruption is still rampant in the police service, it need a serious review.
3) They should give publicize the snitch unit, I have never heard of it and i believe 80% of Nigerians havent as well. They need publicity both on the radio and tv stations. State and Federal TVs.
4)

Find any phone that does not even have any sim card inside and dail 911 and see what happens.

And school cert is lower than WAEC. Thats First School Leaving (Primary 6 cert). And if they must use WAEC, the person must be proficient in English language or one Local Language (both reading and writing).

reedonne: @Blocus
The SAR are in state capitals while the mopos are in their barrack which are far away from many LGAs in the state, I think there should be a standing combat team in each LGA since ordinary policemen are afraid of criminals.

reedonne: @Blocus
The SAR are in state capitals while the mopos are in their barrack which are far away from many LGAs in the state, I think there should be a standing combat team in each LGA since ordinary policemen are afraid of criminals.