International Journal of Humanities and Social Science Research

Authors
Oba Preye Inimiesi, Maduawuchi Elem

Abstract
This study examined Police brutality and human rights abuses in Bayelsa State. The major objective of the study was to investigate the role of training and public reporting on police brutality in Bayelsa state. Two research hypotheses were stated and tested in the course of the study. To achieve the objectives of the study, a survey technique was applied using questionnaire and interview method as the research instrument. The sample size for the study was 400. The samples were selected using a multi-stage sampling technique (i.e., cluster, simple random, and convenience sampling technique respectively). In the course of the study, 348 questionnaires were retrieved, collated, and analyzed. Three analytical techniques were adopted namely, the simple percentage, chi-square statistical method, and the thematic method. The first was used to evaluate the research objectives, the second was applied to test the two hypotheses formulated in the study and the third was opted to analyze the interview. The results from the data analysis revealed that the police training and docile public reporting of cases of police brutality engineers the sustenance and perpetuation of Police brutality and Human Rights abuses in Bayelsa state moderately The study recommends that there should be proper training and retraining of Police personnel especially in the areas of sociology and psychology so as to deploy criminal intelligence and advance forensic techniques in the process of carrying out criminal investigations in the society.