Organisational Technology-Culture and Electronic Policing Compliance in Selected Police Commands, Southeast Nigeria

Implications for Property Crimes Detection and Investigation

Abstract

In the present age of technological advancement, the technology culture of an organisation is one of the cardinal features that either promotes of mars the growth and effectiveness of an organisation. However, the technology-culture of the Nigeria Police Force (NPF) remains questionable due to scanty empirical research in this regard. Hence, this study investigated the nature of organisational technology-culture as well as the nexus between the technology-culture and e-policing compliance in relation to property crimes detection and investigation in Abia State and Anambra State Police Commands, Southeast Nigeria. The study adopted the descriptive cross-sectional survey research design. The sample was 605 respondents who were selected through the multi-stage sampling procedure. Data for the study were collected through questionnaire administration to the selected respondents. Data collected from the survey were coded into the Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS) software package version 26, which was used in processing all the relevant data. Data analysis was performed using descriptive statistics including frequency count and simple
percentage. Data analysed were presented using frequency table and charts. The linear regression model was further performed to examine the influence of organisational technology-culture on e-policing compliance in the selected Police Commands. Findings
of the study showed that there was seemingly a poor organisational technology-culture in the two selected Police Commands. It was equally found that organisational technological culture has a significant influence on e-policing compliance in the two selected Police Commands. The study therefore recommended the need for prioritizing e-policing adoption at the police organisational-level by incorporating basic computer appreciation skills as pre-requisite for recruitment into the NPF and intensive e-policing training for existing police officers.