The police force established by the British authorities was designed for the subjugation of the people as authorities exploited the country’s both human and natural resources at the expense of the development of their country. However, by 1960, Nigeria began to address the defect inherited from colonial administrators by setting up the Gobir Panel to entrench police professionalism and eliminate mediocrity, corruption and partisan political approach of the regional police. It is observed that even after independence, the country’s police force however became a victim of military rule as the military neglected its funding, strengthening and re-positioning. The study utilizes both primary and secondary sources of data. Using the historical and content analysis method, the study discovered that, the 2002 Presidential Committee on police reforms, the Muhammad Danmadami Presidential Committee on Police Reform of 2006 and the M.D. Yusufu Presidential Committee of 2008, were possible reform regimes and attempts made by the civilian government from 1999, to restore professionalism in the Nigeria Police Force and gain public trust. Findings also show that between 1966 and 2008, there was little significant change in the conduct and attitudes of the Nigeria Police Force, given the several reforms initiated by the Federal government. It concludes that none of these reforms did acknowledge the realities of torture and deaths in custody, nor take cognizance of human rights protection which is the fulcrum of professionalism