Strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats (swot)

Strengths (internal) Weaknesses (internal)

Ø community presence and visibility Ølack of concrete counter-radicalization strategy

Ø political support Ø lack of specialized training in sulu pnp personnel,
Ø competent personnel there is room for improvement in terms of competence
Ø sound organizational set-up Ø limitation in organizational funding and resources
Ø strong core values Ø lack of impact assessment mechanism
Ø leadership

strategy

Ø enhance competence through capacity building

Ø Institution of a counter-radicalization strategy to streamline efforts, give direction to sulu pnp
Ø Optimize use of financial and logistical resources through effective resource management
Ø Maintain strong community presence and visibility through community policing

Opportunities (external) Threats (external)

Ø partnerships with new stakeholders Ø terrorists

Ø multi-sectoral collaboration Ø radicals
Ø support from the international community Ø uncooperative or even hostile communities
Ø Foreign sponsorships, foreign collaboration Ø politicization
Ø power of social media Ø negativity in mass media

strategy

Ø Galvanize and empower communities by strengthening the community partnerships (conduct of

engagement and outreach activities) of the sulu pnp.
Ø Leverage public-private partnerships in conducting police-community relations activities
Ø educate the public, inform them about the role of the pnp in the community through messaging
(community information campaign and presence in tri-media and the internet )