Strategies Utilized by the Philippine National Police in Maintaining Peace and Order among Selected Precincts in Cagayan de Oro City

The study pursued the following objectives: a) to present the profile of the PNP in terms of age, gender, educational attainment, and length of work experience; b) determine the strategies utilized by the PNP in maintaining peace and order; and c) to find out the significant difference in the strategies utilized by the PNP in maintaining peace and order when they are grouped according to age, gender, educational attainment, and length of work experience. This study made use of the descriptive research design. The descriptive design is a dynamic logical analysis of a present condition a goal towards a direct effort to improve the situation. According to Calmorin (1995) the descriptive research design, involves description, recording, analysis and interpretation of conditions that existed at the time the research was conducted. The study was conducted at the Police Precincts in Barangay Cogon and Lapasan, Cagayan de Oro City. A letter-request for the permission to conduct the study was sent to the Precinct Commanders of Barangay Cogon and Lapasan with the endorsement of the Dean, College of Law Enforcement and Public Safety. The respondents comprised of thirty (30) PNP who were assigned in Police Precincts of Barangay Cogon and Lapasan, Cagayan de Oro City. A quota sampling was applied. The basis of selection is at least two years of work experience in the said precincts. The data were collected through a standardized questionnaire which answered the specific objectives of the study. The data were presented and analyzed through the frequencies, percentages, and the null hypothesis was tested through the F-test and t-test. The salient strategies utilized by the PNP in the maintenance of peace and order were protecting and preserving the crime scene, conformance to patrol guidelines and procedures when responding to calls for police assistance. Conformance to patrol procedure was the least manifested strategy in the maintenance of peace and order. Length of service appeared as significant differentiating factor which affects the strategies utilized by the PNP in maintaining peace and order. It can be stated that the longer the work experience, the more skillful and expert the PNP’s become in the performance of peace and order function. Meanwhile, age, gender, and educational attainment incur no significant bearing to the PNPs’ strategies in the sustenance of peace and order.

 

Keywords: Strategies, Philippine National Police, Maintenance, Peace and Order, Police Precincts