In 2002, Centre for Law Enforcement Education now CLEEN Foundation for Justice Sector Reform, Lagos, during the implementation of her community Policing Advocacy project established and inaugurated a Police Community Partnership Forum in Abak Akwa Ibom State, Niger Delta Region of Nigeria West Africa. The inauguration of the Forum after a two day practical workshop on community Police Partnership was supported by the Ford Foundation.

At the end of the funding period, an evaluation of the Forum was conducted by an Independent Evaluator in the person of Dr. Dung Pam Sha of the Department of Political Science University of Jos which report can be accessed online on www.cleen.org/journal and the content can testify to our high managerial skills and strength. CLEEN Foundation seeing the success recorded by the Forum in Abak signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the Forum thus making it an affiliate of CLEEN, but as the Forum grow in strength and has become a reference points for justice and security by members of the community within and outside Akwa Ibom State, the Forum sought for registration and was registered in 2008 by the Akwa Ibom State Government under the Ministry of Women Affairs and Social Welfare as a Non Governmental Organization.

Community Policing Partners is a Community Based Non Governmental, not for profit, non partisan, research, information and training organization dedicated to active community involvement and partnership for problem solving within their cultural sensibilities on questions of Justice, democratic development, public safety and security and peacebuilding.

As a catalyst organization, seeking to build the capacity of communities and civil society in Nigeria (which has been alienated from Law Enforcement Agencies due to persistent seizure of political power and other undemocratic practices such as disrespect to rule of law and their human rights) to actively partner with these agencies for a safe and secured neighborhood, the Forum in its Extra-Ordinary General meeting of the Executive Committee in August 2009 decides to change its name from Police Community Partnership Forum to Community Policing Partners with three thematic programme focus Areas namely: Justice Sector, Security Sector and Democratic Reforms

It is an organization which focuses on communities and its members but constructively engages stakeholders and partner with like–minded organizations across the African Continent and Globally for the benefit of sharing and replicating  best practices

Since its establishment in August 2002 in response to the need of an independent  advocacy space for critical reflection and development of universally accepted practice of community active partnership for effective solving of crime, security and public safety, disrespect to human rights of the citizens by law enforcement agencies and vice versa and culturally  response to the challenges posed by  community –police violence, democracy and  development agenda, Community Policing which the organization was an advocacy platform   has become a major reference point for effective crime prevention and control and informed analysis and practical strategies for Justice and Security Sectors Reform in Nigeria with the Police as the Gate Keepers of the Systems.

On Wednesday the 30th Day of March 2011, Community Policing Partners for Justice Security and Democratic Reforms COMPPART, with the generous support of the National dowment for Democracy NED Washington D.C. held a one day Stakeholdes meeting to campaign against all forms of electoral violence in the upcoming April 2011 General Election in Nigeria. The Meeting which was Chaired by Apostle Attah O. Bassey has in attendance members of the Law Enforcement Agencies namely (Police, Federal Road Safety, Nigerian Immigration Service,) Nigeria Bar Association, Traditional Rulers, Socio-Political Association, Independent National Electoral Commission INEC, Women Groups, Youths Groups and the Media. At the end of the meeting a Communique was drawn up as part of the Advocacy against every forms of violence during elections. READ THE COMMUNIQUE HERE