Abstract: The study investigated police reforms and its effects on performance of administration police service. The police officers posted at Bomet County were included to give the required information for the analysis and reporting purposes. Since time of colonial and post-colonial, the police service has been perceived to service other interests other than what they are mandated to by law. In Kenya, Police reforms has undergone various reforms as the Government has established several task forces on Police reforms with distinct and successive mandates. Information from available literature mentions that police reforms in Kenya is becoming an important policy issue being implemented. With the police reforms being implemented, concerns of its effects raise and hence the study aimed to investigate the effects of these police reforms. The specific objectives of the study includes; To investigate effect of reforms strategies on professionalism on performance of the administration police service, to investigate the effects of reforms strategies on police accountability on performance in administration police service, to investigate effects of reforms strategies on operational preparedness of administration police on their performance and to investigate effects of strategic reforms in the administration police service on community policing in Bomet town. The target population of the study was 700 administration police officers. The commanders and the police officers working under them were sampled using stratified random sampling. A sample formula was used to come up with a sample of 254 administration police officers from the target population. The data collection was through the issuance of questionnaires and its validity and reliability was pre-tested through sampled police officers. The data was then be analyzed through mixed approach method and presented through charts, tables and graphs. The study revealed that there has been a positive effect on professionalism reform strategies on the performance of the administration police service. It was also revealed that accountability reforms strategies introduced have had a positive effect on the performance of the administration police service. Operational preparedness of the administration police service has been improved due to the reforms in the area. Community policing too have been a great initiative and has had a positive effect on the performance of the administration police service.
Keywords: Effects, Strategies & Performance.
Title: EFFECT OF REFORMS STRATEGIES ON THE PERFORMANCE OF ADMINISTRATION POLICE SERVICE IN BOMET COUNTY
Author: CHEMUTAI ROSE, DR KEPHA OMBUI
International Journal of Management and Commerce Innovations
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