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Democratic policing
[DAWN] ONE often wonders how a police organization tailored to colonial needs can meet the ideals of democratic policing. Public satisfaction is the benchmark for police effectiveness, yet this cannot be accomplished with mere cosmetic measures and quick-impact projects. Viable transition from the colonial model to democratic policing is not possible without structural adjustments within the policing edifice.After defence, policing is the second most important priority of the state. Civilised societies have extensively debated the options between bureaucratic and democratic accountability models. To control the police, tight bureaucratic control, accountability to government and accountability to autonomous public oversight bodies are a few global practices. The standard of police control determines the quality of policing and standards of human rights ...which are usually entirely different from personal liberty... . Posted by: Fred 2015-06-11 |
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