Community policing in indigenous societies – Venezuela: a country profile

Abstract

In this paper we examine how local citizens and community organizations together have helped shape policing in their neighborhoods, providing new insights into how community policing operates in Venezuela. We also emphasize the unique attributes of policing practice and the current challenges of communal policing.

Keywords:

• police
• community
• accountability
• citizen oversight
• Venezuela

Acknowledgement

This report has benefited from Research Grant CDCHT-D-403-10-09-B from the Council for Science, Humanities and Technology Development, University of Los Andes, Mérida, Venezuela.