Communication and Effective Policing in Nigeria

A major problem in Nigerian Policing is that of Communication. Primary among the ever-recurring and persistent problems in the field of police management is that concerned with developing and maintaining an effective systemsof communication.Communication is the primary vehicle for bringing about agreement between all the members of a department as to the police objectives. It is thebase for a common and continuing understanding of problems and accomplishmentsexperienced in the day to day pursuits toward the objectives.Most writers in the field of police management have treated the subject of communication as purely a technical problem, concerned primarily with police teletype,telephone, telegraph, and radio facilities, having to do with communication betweenheadquarters and the field or between departments. This has led to a one sidedapproach which does not provide an understanding of internal departmental communication so vital to administration.