Group 4

Level of Police Visibility in

reducing crime incidents in
Koronadal City
 Background of the Study
 The police visibility in the community is a successful policing of the
PNP officials working cooperatively to identify and deal with crime
and quality of life within the neighbourhood. Police responding to
citizen’s concerns relating to crime and public safety, implementing
crime prevention initiatives, and maintaining the quality of life was
the a mission of the Philippine National Police. Thus, effective
policing on police visibility within the community is essential to the
police relationships to the community. Increasing the law
enforcer’s effectiveness in enforcing the law, reducing crime and
maintaining peace is a vital sign of peace and order with the
community.
 Thus, it will be easier to solicit their support in all police programs to
attain genuine peace and security. In so doing, the Philippine National
Police shall be a more accessible and indispensable partner of the
community in more efficient and effective services. According to RA
8551, “The Philippine National Police shall be a community and service
–oriented agency for the maintenance of peace and order and public
safety. The PNP shall be so organized to ensure accountability and
uprightness in police exercise of discretion as well as to achieve efficiency
and effectiveness of its members and units in the performance of their
functions”. ”. The police are responsible for trying to make communities
safe by working to prevent criminal acts and enforcing the law. They are
accountable to the community and its assessment of police successes and
failures in preventing, fighting, and solving crimes
 The police must also be open and transparent when dealing with the
community and describing crime-fighting efforts. The relationship
of the police to the community should be harmonious. The
community relies upon the police department to “protect and serve”
and the police, in return, rely upon community support and
cooperation in order to be effective. When communication and trust
deteriorate, tensions build between the community and police and
undermine their shared goal of safer communities. In this study, the
researcher tries to evaluate the extent of visibility of police force in
Koronadal City. This will accommodate the policing of the officials
to improve police visibility in the community that can strengthen its
relationship and even make them feel safe in their community
 Statement of the Problem

 This study aims to find out the level of Police

Visibility of Reducing Crimes in Korondal
City.

Specifically, it sights to answer the following

questions;
 What is demographic profile in
terms of:
1. Age
2. Sex
 To determine the Police Visibility in Terms of:
2. 1 Patroling
2. 1.1 Foot Patroling
2. 1.2 Mobile Patrol

2. 2 Checkpoint
3. The level of satisfaction of residents in Koronadal City in
terms of:
3. 1 Safety
3. 2 Peace and Order

4. Is there significant relationship between Police visibility

and satisfaction of the residents in Koronadal City?
 Significance of the Study

 This study is significant for the reason

that the result would be of great
importance to the following persons:
 Community. This study will able to impart
the public to feel safe in their community. To
make them understand that police policing
such as their being visible publicly is not to
driven fear but to make them safe when they
notice a police officer nearby.
 PNP Personnel. This will provide the PNP the opportunity
to improve the community policing by becoming a more
capable, effective and credible local police. This will also
provide the PNP the opportunity to improve its strong
partnership with the varied stakeholders and their action
plans to criminality and in argency.
 Students. The student who wanted to conduct a
study of this problem for them to go into depth
study and in giving same technique or ideas on how
to conduct the study. This study will probably help
them in identifying problems and also for them to
discover a new problem that will lead them to their
effective study.
 Scope and Limitation of the Study

 The study will be limited only to the extent of visibility of police in

Koronadal City and the community’s peace and order. It will be
conducted at Koronadal City specifically the chosen individuals in the
barangay GPS, Koronadal City.
 This study was only limited to the ten (10) police officers and twenty
(20) individuals in the community and will be chosen through simple
random sampling. The responses of the respondents were treated with
statistical analysis such as frequency, percentage and correlative
coefficient.
 Definition of Terms
 Extent of Police Visibility in Koronadal City:
Police policing involves in the safety of the
community. It will be effectively adhering if people
will see police officers roaming in their community
without the feeling of uneasiness towards them. That
is why effective policing regarding how to entail the
community the safety they bring towards them.
 Community’s Peace and Order. It is an essential
ingredient in maintaining economic development,
social order and political stability. A condition of
peace and order can make the community. The
researcher wants to imply in this research how
Koronadal City’s peace and order in the community
help individuals feel safe in their everyday lives.
 Scope and Delimitation of the Study

This study entitled “Level of Police Visibility in

Reducing Crimes” is limited only to the Police
Officers and residents in Koronadal City, South
Cotabato during School Year 2021-2022.
The researchers will observe the Police officers in
charge and the residents in visibility of reducing
crime in Koronadal.
 Conceptual Framework

Dependent Variable Independent Variable

In reducing
The level of crime incidents
Police in Koronadal
Visibility City
 Hypothesis

 There is no significant relationship the

extent of police visibility in Koronadal
City and level of reducing crime
incidents and community’s peace and
order.
 REVIEW OF RELATED LITERATURES AND STUDIES
 Foreign Literature
Kappeler and Gaines (2012) introduces the Ten Principles of Community Policing.
Community policing is a philosophy and organizational strategy that expands the traditional
police mandate of fighting crime to include forming partnerships with citizenry and endorsing
mutual support and participation. It also introduces to this progressive approach, and include
the most current developments in the field such as how the current climate of suspicion
associated with terrorism threats affects the trust so necessary for community policing, and
how the newest technologies can be harnessed to facilitate police interactions with citizens.
Additionally, it explores the fragmentation of authority and emphasizes the importance of
partnerships among the numerous law enforcement agencies, government agencies, and
private social service agencies.

Local Literature

 According to the Police Community Relations Manual

(2012), it emphasize that partnership with the community
will be a central focus. Police managers will recognize the
interconnectedness between their activities and those of
other public services, such as housing, welfare and
employment agencies. The police of the future will view
themselves as one part of community-wide effort to not only
deal with crime but to improve community life in general.
 Foreign Studies
 Larson et. al (2008) in their study they found out that law enforcement
agencies are entrusted with the protection and safety of society. They are
often faced with tasks that are tedious and time consuming. In our
changing society, the police are expected to be involved in both the
apprehension of criminals and in the 11 reduction of crime through a
relationship with the society they serve. The better the relationship with
the community, the more successful the police are in apprehending
criminals and reducing crime. The better the relationship with the
community, the more trust the community has in their police.
 Local Studies
 Jacob (2011) in his study, the Philippine National Police is continuing
attempts to improve delivery of basic police services through a more
effective crime prevention program anchored upon police community
relationships, thus, will more likely to reveal how responsive the two-
way communication between the police and the community could be
firmly established with the end on view of attaining better peace and
order situation in communities. Several programs had been implemented
by the Philippine National Police wherein the enhancement of 14 police
community partnership is the one major concern emphasized to bring
closer to the community and the creation of Community-Oriented
Policing System.
 METHODOLOG
 
Y
Research Design

The researchers employed the descriptive survey method in gathering

and treating the data for the above problem investigated. In the
employment of the said design, the researchers observed the following: the
population for the study was carefully chosen, clearly defined, and
specifically limit on the topic concerned and precise parameters for
ensuring the discreteness to safeguard the data were systematically
organized so that valid and accurate conclusions may be drawn. Thus, from
the procedure discussed above, the researchers believed that descriptive
survey method is rationalize as essential for this study
Locale of the Study
The study was conducted in Koronadal City, Philippines.
The researchers will gather data at Barangay South and
Barangay West of this city. Research Instrument Two (2) sets of
questionnaires is issued to the actual respondents of this study.
The items in the questionnaire were based on the problem areas
investigated for objectivity, relevance, suitability to the basic
questions raised and probability of favourable reception and
return from the said respondents.