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Community-Oriented Policing: Political, Institutional and Technical Reforms in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) Police
- Source :
- Journal of Human Security, Vol 15, Iss 2, Pp 41-53 (2019), Journal of Human Security (JHS), Journal of Human Security, Community-Oriented Policing after Conflict-Emerging Perspectives
- Publication Year :
- 2019
- Publisher :
- Librelloph, 2019.
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Abstract
- Community-police relations in Pakistan are often intricate, as are their reforms. Mistrust, political intervention, meager financial resources, lack of educated/trained human resources, over-expectations and miscommunication are some of the factors contributing to weak policing and poor community-police relations. The police as a service-oriented public institution has been a demand of the public and the dream of consecutive governments. In this study, we explore the political, institutional and technical reforms taken by the government of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) and the police department to improve their police and policing. The Police Act 2017 and Community-Oriented Policing, Dispute Resolution Councils (DRCs), and Information and Communications Technology (ICT) initiatives are critically analyzed in terms of their intentions and contribution to improved police-community relations. Politicians, police, civil society organizations and community members from KP were interviewed for their perceptions of police reforms and community-police relations. The study finds strong political will to empower and depoliticize police, and to shift its focus from purely crime fighting into community service provision, including pro-active engagement of police with the community. The study also finds that most of the new initiatives of the government of KP are in the spirit of community--oriented policing, and community members see visible improvement in policing and community-police relations.
- Subjects :
- Civil society
community-oriented policing
law and order
Sociology and Political Science
khyber pakhtunkhwa
police reforms
Community-oriented policing
COP
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
ComputingMethodologies_IMAGEPROCESSINGANDCOMPUTERVISION
political reform
Polizei
Public administration
Sociology & anthropology
Criminal Sociology, Sociology of Law
Dispute resolution
Police Act
lcsh:Social Sciences
Politics
information technology
Political science
Kommunikationstechnologie
Pakistan
Technikfolgenabschätzung
innere Sicherheit
Human resources
Reformpolitik
ComputingMethodologies_COMPUTERGRAPHICS
Gesellschaft
reform policy
Government
police
pakistan
business.industry
Informationstechnologie
Public institution
technology assessment
politische Reform
communication technology
lcsh:H
society
öffentliche Ordnung
Soziologie, Anthropologie
Kriminalsoziologie, Rechtssoziologie, Kriminologie
Political Science and International Relations
Problem-oriented policing
ddc:301
domestic security
business
Law
Safety Research
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 18353800
- Volume :
- 15
- Issue :
- 2
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Journal of Human Security
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....dcd44d43a5b7fefc280028da9fd18d8e