POLICE AND CRIME CONTROL IN THE NEIGHBOURHOOD
Another interesting issue is the police patrol of the community. All respondents revealed that police patrol takes on daily basis. The officer in charge of More Plantation Police Post also contributed to this. In his words: it is true that we patrol the town during the week and focus more on community's weekly market day, but members of the community themselves are very vigilant.
They know one another. The only time when such internal monitoring may not be successful is on market day. On such day, people from the neighbouring communities and neighbouring States usually troop into the community. At this period, police need to intensify its efforts since the community members themselves are usually involved in buying and selling on such day.
The police will have to double its efforts to ensure that criminals do not use such situation to perpetrate criminal activities.
