Abstract

Effect of Police Training Programme Content and Delivery Methods on Counter-Terrorism Capability in Kenya

Highlights

  • To a police officer the need for solid, regular and relevant trainings is vitally critical for purpose of achieving relevant Capability given the nature of policing

  • The findings revealed that majority of the respondents agreed that Police training Programme equips them with terror detection skills as shown by a Mean of 4.49

  • The findings of the study showed that majority of the respondents neither agreed nor disagreed with the statements that Police training Programme equips them with terror response skills and that Police training Programme contains terrorrelated investigative skills

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Summary

Introduction

To a police officer the need for solid, regular and relevant trainings is vitally critical for purpose of achieving relevant Capability given the nature of policing. As early as 1930s, pioneer scholarly work had already recognized the importance of improving the police Capability to efficiently handle day to day tasks, (Renden et al, 2015). The risks involved in police work demands the need for appropriately tailored training Programme to assist in achieving the relevant police Capability. Under such circumstances, Udrea (2014) describes training Programmes that are exclusively focused on what needs to be known and purposed to develop skills, modify behaviors and enhance competence. Under such circumstances, Udrea (2014) describes training Programmes that are exclusively focused on what needs to be known and purposed to develop skills, modify behaviors and enhance competence. Baker (2011) indicate the importance of focused training, in the absence of it, it would take an officer a lifetime or more to learn through experience, all that pertains to police work

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