The Roles of Community Policing Programmes in Reducing Crime in Morogoro Municipality
Journal: International Journal of Science and Research (IJSR) (Vol.11, No. 7)Publication Date: 2022-07-05
Authors : Morgan Samwel;
Page : 1880-1883
Keywords : Community Policing Programmes;
Abstract
The purpose of this study was to investigate the roles of CP programmes in crime reduction in Morogoro Municipality. A sample size of 251 respondents was used. Purposive sampling techniques were used in selection of senior police officers, ward executive officers, street chairpersons and councillors; systematic sampling techniques were used in selection of police officers; and citizens were selected by using multistage cluster sampling techniques. This study found that, CP programmes play the following roles, improvement of police-community relationships and community perceptions of police, ordinary citizens become co-producers of public safety, police officers? attitudes and behaviours has been changed, and the community capacity to deal with crimes has been increased. The study recommends that, community participation and engagement in crime control and prevention should be seriously taken into consideration, Government or Tanzania Police Force should create the better environment for community in engaging towards crime prevention and control, and CP programmes should allow citizen to be steward to public and private safety.
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