Abstract
This study sought to investigate the influence of police training programmes on police officers participation in good police- community relations in Uganda. The investigation was provoked by the reportedly deteriorating performance of police officers in areas of good police - community relations despite of government’s effort to transform Uganda to a middle income country by 2040.The specific areas studied were the influence of police training on their participation in provision of services to the community, community communal activities and provision of customer care. 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 police officers 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 participation in good police community relations, (r = 0.654, p = 0.000, n = 412). It further showed that police training programmes are predictors of police officers participation in good police community relations promotions, pv < 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 good police- community relations in Uganda. Thus it was recommended that police management promote good police- community relations by allocating enough funds to standardize training and other activities related to good police – community relations promotions in Uganda. Keywords: Police Training Programmes Good Police Community Relations Promotion. DOI : 10.7176/PPAR/9-10-04 Publication date :October 31 st 2019
Highlights
BACKGROUND TO THE STUDYIn this study police training programmes means an inventory of activities, content and/or methods implemented to achieve police training objectives, organized in a logical sequence over a specified period of time.Police-community relations mean the attitude and behaviors between the police and the communities in relation to public relations, community service and community participation
In terms of period in service, the majority 78 percent had served between 1 – years, while percent has served 11 – 12 years and those that had served over 20 years were generally negligible in number. This means that majority of the respondents had experience to better apply personnel knowledge, understanding,skills, attitude and behavior on issues related to PTPs and police officers participation in GPCRs as they had gone www.iiste.org through the same current curriculum
Community relations in Uganda, an interview was held with a district leader and had this to say” some police officers tarnish the name of police and the country when they unprofessionally handle journalist, members of opposition, ask for bribes to do their work and when cited into criminal acts, so police management should continue punishing them criminally or disciplinary, police should operationalize all its structures up to the grassroots for easy service delivery and should increase its budget for activities related to promotion of good police – community relations such as community policing programmes”
Summary
Despite of the observed disparity in favor of men, the study was gender inclusive since data was obtained from both male and female members of the public This implies that the study findings can be generalized to represent views of both male and female members of the public about police participation in GPCRs in Uganda. Data was collected from different age categories of the members of public This implies that the study findings can be generalized to represent the views of the public at large about police participation in GPCRs in Uganda. Respondents with Primary, “O” Level (senior secondary education/ ordinary) or Post graduate levels of education were of negligible numbers This means that the majority of respondents understood issues related to PTPs and police officers participation in GPCRs and are trainable as they had attained a reasonable level of education
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