Abstract

Security remains one of the rational ways to advance human quality and gain societal development through cordial relationship. The primary tasks of the police are to secure the lives and properties of the community member with the help of the community’s members because failure of the community members to support security will tantamount to human environmental problems. Multistage sampling techniques was used to collect two hundred and twenty structured questionnaires from participants In-depth and Focus Group discussion was used for collection of verbal data from community members, the Nigeria Police and Police-Community Relations Officers. Another finding shows that over 60 percent of the participant agreed that police-public partnership improve societal orderliness. Continuous partnership should be encouraged., The community members should adopt target removal, target hardening, access control and others means to ensure safety of lives and properties and equally strengthen security works

Keywords

Police, Public, Participation, Crime, Prevention