Examining the Implementation of Community Policing Program in Maintaining Peace and Security in the Case of Maychew Town, Southern Tigray, Ethiopia

Abstract

The overall objective of this study was to examine the Implementation of Community Policing Program in Maintaining Peace and Security in the Case of Maychew Town, Southern Tigray, Ethiopia. Despite the expected benefits of the strategy, the numbers of crimes committed were still increasing in the alarming situation in the Town. The strategy has to be researched and as per the researcher’s observation, no research either pre or post implementation of community policing program was conducted in the study area. The study used qualitative research methodology and it was based on an explanatory research design. The target populations of this study were the community house-holds (family police) and the community policing officers who were working in the implementation of community policing program in the study area. The study sampled 24 respondents who were selected trough purposive sampling techniques from the police and the community. The researcher employed both primary and secondary sources and data was collected using semi-structured interview and FGD. The qualitative data was analyzed and interpreted through a combination of interpretivism and constructivism methods. All in all, the study concludes that the implementation of community policing program in maintaining peace and security was not effective in the study area. It is therefore, recommended that the police, the community, the government and any concerned body should work cooperatively and gives emphasis to the program in order to maintain peace and security in the study area. Keywords: Examining, Implementation, Community Policing Program, Maychew, Ethiopia DOI : 10.7176/JCSD/49-01 Publication date :June 30 th 2019