Management by Objectives (MBO): An instrument for the Professionalization of the Nigeria Police Force.

Abstract:

NPF has no definite model of professional policing. Each nation operates on the model of its political transformation and experience. The dynamics of modern society require a new dimension in police operations and administration. Police duties are getting more volatile and assertive and continuously evolving. In requiring police to provide protection and safe environments, police must become better trained in and addressing potential risks, hence the need for professionalism. With the overwhelming criminal crisis in the country, the Nigeria Police Force is challenged to arrest the situation and produce results, timely and technological in line with social change. Therefore, to set combative objectives, gain control of the security environment and deliver on their constitutional mandate, the MOB principles of shared objectives and professionalism of the police is here by suggested. It implies that the General Duty (GD) and Specialist (S) model of policing practice have to be done with.