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EFFECT OF LEGAL FRAMEWORKS ON OCCUPATIONAL, SAFETY AND HEALTH AMONG THE POLICE OFFICERS IN NAIROBI CITY COUNTY: A CASE OF KENYA

Journal: Problems of Management in the 21st Century (Vol.15, No. 1)

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Page : 23-39

Keywords : legal frameworks; Nairobi city county; National police service; police officers;

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Abstract

This paper was extracted and based on one of the variables of the researcher's main research entitled: Antecedents of Occupational Health and Safety among the Police Officers in Nairobi City County, Kenya. The aim of the research was to analyze and find the effect of a legal framework on occupational, safety and health among Police Officers. The target population was the 4,000 Police Officers in Nairobi City County. In each police station, a sample of 5 percent Police Officers were randomly identified, selected, and interviewed by the use of questionnaires based on their availability at work. An initial pilot study of the 10% police stations was done in order to test the research instruments. Both descriptive and inferential statistics were used, and its findings were presented using figures, tables and charts. The result findings gave a response rate of 75.5% which was acceptable for a research. The results also showed that 68.20% of the respondents were of the view that Codes of Conduct were good in the smooth running of police operations and supporting their OSH. The responses had a mean of 3.84 and standard deviation of .93. As presented in tables, the coefficient of determination R Square is .466 and R is .683 p-value p

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