Abstract
With regard to the provision of security services in Kenya, Police and private security function in a mutually exclusive manner. However, it apparent that is essential to develop a formal partnership relationship, because both have several shared goals. Additionally, the private security industry also plays a significant protective role in the country. The study sought to investigate the reality of partnership between the police and the private security in Kenya. It sought to achieve this by examining the existence of any level of partnership between the private security and police in provision of security. The study also sought to establish the existing partnership between the private and public security, especially in places of common protection of public gatherings, information exchange, security and transport of money, information, and private security handing over suspected offenders to the police and how the challenges facing both private and public security providers can be curbed to enhance security. This is based on the premise that conditions for effective cooperation between the police and private security providers are not yet well developed. This study examined how co-operation in crime prevention and policing could be realized and made beneficial to all role players within the framework of a public-private security partnership. The research used both qualitative and qualitative approaches in collecting, as well as analyzing data. Additionally, both secondary and primary data were collected, with primary data being collected by use of questionnaire and interview schedule. The primary data was collected in Nairobi which was purposely sampled for its large intensity of criminal activities and security providers, both private and public. The data was analyzed using statistical package for social sciences (SPSS). The study provides deeper knowledge of local security dynamics and gives an insight into measures that could be taken to harness the energies and potentials of police and private security partnership. It also serves as a basis for future research into the country’s overall strategy for providing security whilst contributing to the existing body of literature to address scarcity of data in this research area in Kenya. Keywords : Police, Private Security, Partnership, Crime Prevention DOI: 10.7176/PPAR/11-1-01 Publication date: January 31 st 2021
Highlights
Human security is an essential objective and a lack or compromise of it has significant negative outcomes
Results in table 2 show that 36.1% of the study participants had been in employment for 21 to 30 years while
21.16% had been employed for 4 to 10 years. It was established based on the study findings that17.43% of the respondents had been employed for between 11 and 20 years, 14.94% for over 30 years and 10.37% had been in employment for less than 4 years
Summary
Human security is an essential objective and a lack or compromise of it has significant negative outcomes. While security has been offered states to their citizens, the provision of this service by states in developing nations has been inadequate (Nalla & Newman, 1990) As such, these states have been forced to only pay attention on state protection against internal disorders and external aggression using only he police officers and the military. These states have been forced to only pay attention on state protection against internal disorders and external aggression using only he police officers and the military These security providers work with intelligence agencies in their service provision (Nalla & Newman, 1990). These security apparatus are compromised and mainly offer protection to elites and political regimes. These so called hard security organs have been majorly a burden to the citizens and are responsible for the socio-economic and physical needs of the citizens
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