Abstract
This study sought to investigate the influence of police training programmes on police officers participation in the environmental sustainability awareness in Uganda. The investigation was provoked by the reportedly deteriorating performance of police officers in areas of environmental sustainability awareness despite of government’s effort to transform Uganda to a middle income country by 2040.The specific areas studied include influence of police training on their participation in community awareness in environmental sustainability awareness, police enforcement of environmental related laws and police officers participation in environmental sustainability. The study took an interpretive philosophical paradigm and was under pined by the Social learning theory and the Expectancy theory of Motivation. Data was collected using questionnaires, interviews, Focused Group Discussions, participant observation and documentary analysis. A total of 412 police officers and 80 non polices participated in the study. Quantitative data was analyzed using SPSS by use of descriptive statistics, correlation analysis, Regression analysis and Analysis of Variance (ANOVA) while qualitative data was analyzed using thematic analysis by use of transcription, coding and themes development. The study findings showed a strong positive relationship between training programmes and police officers participation in environmental sustainability awareness, (r = 0.587, p = 0.000, n = 412). It further showed that police training programmes are predictors of police officers participation in environmental sustainability awareness, p - v < 0.050 (= 0.000). The relationship is statistically significant at 95 % confidence level. The researcher concluded that police training programmes influence police officers participation in environmental sustainability awareness in Uganda. Thus it was recommended that police management promote community awareness on environmental sustainability awareness by allocating enough funds to standardize training and other activities related to environmental sustainability awareness in Uganda.
Highlights
Background to the StudyThe government of Uganda’s vision is to have a transformed country to a middle income by 2040
The researcher concluded that police training programmes influence police officers participation in environmental sustainability awareness in Uganda
The purpose of this study was to analyze the influence of police training programmes on police officers participation in environmental sustainability awareness in Uganda
Summary
Background to the StudyThe government of Uganda’s vision is to have a transformed country to a middle income by 2040. The characteristics sought were gender, age, highest academic standards, and period of service and marital status of the respondents These characteristics were collected to assist the researcher understand whether they have a bearing to the police participation in ESA in Uganda and that data had been collected from an authentic sample as well as establishing if the characteristics are typical of the theoretical and contextual attributes already known about police officers participation in ESA. 2019, Vol 8, No 4 were aged 20 – 29 years, whereas 26 percent were aged 30-39 years and five percent only were aged 40-49 years This confirms the UPF Strategic policing plan 2014/15-2020 as on October 2014 that there are more male police personnel than female police personnel in UPF (5958 females compared to36752 male officers) and that majority of the personnel who participated in this study had gone through the same curriculum and are trainable. Secondary this is the age bracket where most Ugandans are facing challenges related to ESA as they are out of schools
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