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Community Police Officer at desk with Meles looking on
Community policing was introduced in Amhara National Regional State in Ethiopia in 2005 as a strategy to reduce crime, involve the community in policing duties and contribute to national development. To facilitate this, Community Police Officers have been placed in 94.65% of Amhara’s kebeles (kebeles are the lowest administrative unit in Ethiopia, usually made up of 300-500 households). Here, one of these Community Police Officers is watched over by a portrait of the late Ethiopian Prime Minister, Meles Zenawi, whose national plans still hold strong sway in the country despite his death in 2012.
To read more about community policing in Ethiopia, see ODI's recent case study.
Images ODI/Lisa Denney
Community Police Officer at desk with Meles looking on
Community policing was introduced in Amhara National Regional State in Ethiopia in 2005 as a strategy to reduce crime, involve the community in policing duties and contribute to national development. To facilitate this, Community Police Officers have been placed in 94.65% of Amhara’s kebeles (kebeles are the lowest administrative unit in Ethiopia, usually made up of 300-500 households). Here, one of these Community Police Officers is watched over by a portrait of the late Ethiopian Prime Minister, Meles Zenawi, whose national plans still hold strong sway in the country despite his death in 2012.
To read more about community policing in Ethiopia, see ODI's recent case study.
Images ODI/Lisa Denney