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INTRODUCTION BACKGROUND TO THE STUDY The  Special  Anti-Robbery  Squad  (SARS)  was  created  in  Lagos State in 1992, a time when Notorious armed robbers such as Shina Rambo6 were in control of the state (Midenda, 2017). It was created as a faceless police unit that performs undercover  operations  against  armed  robbers.  ...

Abstract Introduction The Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS) in Nigeria was established to address insecurity and crimes in the nation. Rather than maintaining  their definite stated objective, they fallout with the law by profiling and harassing young people which led to wrongful arrests, brutalization and loss of innocent lives. In response ...