WEEK 14

NOVEMBER 24 AND 26, 2022

THE POLICE COMMUNITY RELATION TEAM
AT WORK
 A. THE PCR TEAM COMPOSITION

The PCR Team, also serves as Beat Patrol Officers, it

composed of a two-man field operator, normally a veteran
and a rookie policeman. Their main function is to assist
the MPS/CPS in conducting community policing. The
PCR team conducts the following police activities:
 PCR ACTIVITIES:

1. Patrol the beat – During patrolling, the team checks

alleys, abandoned houses, abnormalities in the
surrounding, communicates with people and asks
information about anything that may affect peace and
order, stop and frisk anybody suspected of
concealing weapons or suspiciously loitering around
to victimize people, or just plainly ―standing and
 PCR ACTIVITIES:

2. Conduct of house visit – the main purpose of house visit is

forging relationship and getting information about the status of
the household (profiling) and its occupants, their problems in
the community and find out how the police can assist them. The
veteran member usually undertakes the questioning while the
rookie serves as the security for the PCR operator and at the
same time learns how the interpersonal conversation is
conducted.
 PCR ACTIVITIES:

3. Organize and Mobilize people – every area and

house visits conducted by PCR teams should have
distinctive purpose connected to organizational
works intended for community mobilization and
intervention. The organizational works conducted
by PCR teams are all part of community policing.
 B. THE ATTRIBUTES OF A PCR MAN
The PCR man is the role model in the community. The community looks
upon him with respect, learns from him how to respect the laws, and
cooperates with him because what he is doing is for the good of the
community. He renders impartial enforcement of the law because the
community knows that he represents the law. By his mere presence, the
community is assured of the absence of crime and disorder. To command this
kind of perception and earn the respect of the community, he must therefore
display the following attributes:
1. He is the father to all the kids
2. He is a friend to the working adults
3. He is the loving son to the elderly
C. THE AREA VISIT
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The area visit is a form of patrol to be conducted jointly by a

two-man team from concerned police stations. Its purpose is not
only to ensure the protection of the barangay or community and
its households being visited but also to check on the following
issue
 POLICE OPERATIONAL PLAN (OPLAN)
1. Presence of Anti-Government Movement (AGM) armed component (OPlan
Sandugo).
2. Presence of Organized Gangs and other criminal elements
( OPlan Sandigan).
3. Indicators of clandestine prohibited drug laboratory and trafficking (Oplan
Sambanat).
4. Indicators of flood and erosion potentials (Saklolo).
5. Illegal logging quarrying and poaching of wild animals (OPLAN Sangyaman).
6. Presence of threat groups and private armed groups
(OPLAN Sangingat).
D. THE HOUSE VISIT OR NEIGHBORHOOD
PARTNERSHIP

Familiarity with the names, faces, children,

vehicles and living habits of people in the
neighborhood increases security
 E. THE STRATEGIC POSITIONS FOR
NEIGHBORHOOD PARTNERSHIPS
1. Improve trust and confidence in the police, council and
other partners;
2. Improve perceptions of legitimacy in the police;
3. Encourage people to talk about the issues that affect them,
report crimes, and provide sensitive information with the
knowledge that it will be used appropriately;
4. Improve the level of volunteering, the likelihood of witnesses
coming forward, and people being willing to attend court
hearings and getting involved in making their communities
safer; and
5. Inculcate greater social responsibility, intervene appropriately
with problem individuals and families, and acquire useful
and timely data for planning and implementation of anti-
criminality programs and activities.
6. House visits for the conduct of interpersonal interaction is an
effective tool of forging relationships with the communities,
connect with them and inform them of various matters that
affect their lives. Issues involving peace and order, laws that
affect their lives (FAs, illegal logging, fencing, drug abuse,
human trafficking, etc.) economic, social and cultural issues,
health, social inventions, to as odd as lives of celebrities can be
discussed. It is also important to find out from the household
occupants about the things that directly affect their lives
a. Personal and social standing.
b. Persons or group of persons pestering their lives
c. Are their neighbors friendly and cooperative?
d. Who are the neighbors that are potentials for conflict
e. Who are the new settlers in the neighborhood
f. Is the Barangay System working?
 F. THE POWER OF GOOD GROOMING AND
DRESSING

1. Proper wearing of uniform and grooming

2. Attire of Police Officers while using public
transport
3. Off-Duty Attire:
4. Office Dress Code
END OF PRESENTATION