The efficacy of police watchdog institutions
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2013-06-04
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Walubita, Luwabelwa
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This essay evaluates the successes and failures of police watchdog institutions, namely the Judiciary, the Human Rights Commission, the Anti Corruption Commission, the Commission for Investigations and the Legal Resource Foundation. It seeks to find out whether the Police Public Complaints Authority and the Police Professional Standards Unit have performed any better than the other police watchdogs and observes that these two institutions have made very little impact. The essay proceeds to look at police public relations in Zambia and the impact of human rights training on the Zambian Police Service, using the objectives on public safety and order in the Fifth National Development Plan as a yardstick for measuring the success levels of this training. The essay also gives an outline of the prevalence of reported cases on police brutality in Zambia and culminates by giving conclusions and recommendations.
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Police administration --Citizen participation. , Police --Complaints against. , Civilian review boards (Police administration)