dc.description.abstract | The biggest challenge for most organizations in the world is to ensure the performance of
its employees will result in the success of any organization. The purpose of this research
project was to examine the influence of direct supervision, field training, work environment
and field equipment on performance of Administration Police officers, a case of Rapid
Deployment Unit in Embakasi - Nairobi County Kenya. The objectives of the project were:
To determine how direct supervision influence performance of Administration Police
officers, to determine how field training influence performance of Administration Police
officers, find out the extent to which work environment influence performance and to
examine how field equipment influences performance of Administration Police officers.
Descriptive research design was employed in this research and questionnaires aided in
primary data collection. The target population in the study was 887 Administration Police
officers in Rapid Deployment Unit with a sample size of 89. Stratified and simple random
sampling was used in order to get targeted groups who were used in the study. There was
100% return rate since the researcher employed drop and pick strategy. Data was then
organized, edited and analyzed quantitatively using computer data analysis software
Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS) where the results were presented in of tables
and figures. Majority of the respondents were male Administration Police officers in the
unit aged 30-39 with all of them with at least basic education. The respondents were
therefore mature enough and with full experience to matters concerning the unit to give
valid information on the factors influencing performance of Administration Police officers.
The findings indicated that direct supervision, field training, work environment and field
equipment influence performance of Administration Police officers in Rapid Deployment
Unit in Embakasi Base, Nairobi County–Kenya. The study recommends the
Administration Police Service and National Police Service as a whole to train supervisors
on supervisory skill, update field training to the officers, police officers deployed in harsh
areas to be financially and psychological supported and lastly purchase safe and effective
field equipment to be used by the officers while in the field on operation. The study further
suggests that a similar study be conducted targeting regular Administration Police officers
in the service performing general police duties. | en_US |