CIAO DATE: 02/2015
January 2015
Danish Institute for International Studies
This Policy Brief presents 10 key observations on the effects of community policing in Sierra Leone, which became a key area of reform when civil war ended in the country in 2002. The Sierra Leone Police, with support from the UK in particular, began a process of setting up Local Policing Partnership Boards (LPPBs), community policing forums, across the country. After almost 15 years of reform efforts, what role is there for the LPPBs? It is suggested that where they function it is because they have effectively integrated with already existing power structures at the local level, and because LPPB members gain personal power, prestige and sometimes financially from participating in community policing activities.
Resource link: Fifteen years of police reform in Sierra Leone: Community Policing and Local Policing Partnership Boards [PDF] - 4.0M