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Community Policing Framework, 2020

Implements Police Act 2020 §80; ward-level community policing officers.

Statutory basis

Police Act 2020 §80

Implements Section 80 of the Police Act 2020, which mandates community policing as a core operational doctrine of the Nigeria Police Force. Pilot deployment in 6 States; ward-level community policing officer (CPO) recruitment under the Special Constabulary scheme.

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Methodology

Tier 1 · primary

Courts. Gazettes. National archives.

Tier 2 · corroborating

OCCRP. HRW. BudgIT. TheCable.

Tier 4 · tertiary, flagged

Wikipedia only where primary is pending. Always labelled.