Assessment of Consequences of Homicide Committed by Police Officers on Police Service Delivery in Nairobi County, Kenya

Abstract

The purpose of the study is to assess the consequences of homicides committed by police officers on police service delivery in Nairobi County, Kenya. The concentration will be a study on police officers attached to kamukunji sub-county, Nairobi County, Kenya. In the recent past, law enforcement agencies across the globe have been facing the challenge of homicide among police officers. The rise in numbers has necessitated the need to research widely on the major issues leading to officers unlawfully killing fellow officers internationally and locally. The study objective was to assess the impact of the working conditions on homicide committed by police officers and its consequences on service delivery in Nairobi County, Kenya. The research will use the general strain theory by Robert Agnew (1992), complemented by conflict theory by Marxist (2000). The study intends to collect data through primary methods, such as questionnaires, interviews, and verified Secondary data like government publications. Descriptive research design and stratified random sampling will be involved. Quantitative and qualitative techniques will be used for better analyses of the research and interpretation. The reliability and validity of the data will be analyzed using the SPSS statistics 28, 2021. The Research anticipates that a substantial correlation between the working conditions, social aspects, police procedures, and homicide among law enforcement officers is inevitable. The study concludes that most of the respondents strongly agreed that the recent upsurge in cases of police homicide in Kenya raises concerns about the psychological well-being and well-being of the police service. The study recommends sharing feedback from supervisors to junior officers and vice-versa for effective communication to improve coordination and relationship, ensuring the controlled issue of firearms to officers suspected of psychological disorders, and training a support team comprised of counselors from within the service to support their peers in case they have stress and make it easier to open up to them than others.