Influence of Post Trauma Management Practices on Performance of National Police Service Projects in Nyeri County, Kenya

Abstract

This study was concerned with the influence of post trauma management practices on performance of national police service projects in Nyeri County. Specifically, the study sought to establish the influence of staff training on post trauma management practices ,effective implementation on post trauma management practices, legal framework on post trauma management practices and how availability of resources influence performance among staff at National police service. The research employed descriptive research design to obtain data; Convenience sampling technique was utilized to draw a sample of 76 respondents from 104 Kenya police and administration police officers in Nyeri central police station. In addition, a structured interview was conducted on 8 purposeful selected OCS, OCPD, County Commander, and Sub-County commanders for interview. After data collection, Descriptive statistics and inferential statistics were the statistics produced. The specific descriptive statistics included frequencies, means, and standard deviations, and was presented in the form of frequency tables and a multiple linear regression model. Data from the study was edited, coded and analyzed using Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS). Content analysis was used to analyze qualitative data, while descriptive statistics was used to analyze quantitative data. Raw data drawn from the responded questionnaires was ran through Statistic Package for the Social Science (SPSS version 25) software for analytical purpose. The study established that staff training on trauma management practices have a profound effect on psychological aspect that have a far-reaching impact on performance of national police service projects, that effective implementation on post trauma management practices influences performance of national police service projects and that legal frame work on trauma management and availability of resources aids in meeting officers’ social welfare thereby boosting performance of national police service projects in the police service in the area of study. The study recommended that the government need to periodically subject police officers in Nyeri County to training on security, investigation matters and trauma management, the National Police Commission should champion for improved welfare for police officers to escalate morale and consequently performance of national police service projects, and that there is need for National Police Commission to improve the working conditions of police officers in terms of trauma management ,working relationship, occupational tenure, and officers safety.