Community Participation in Crime Prevention in Barangay 178 Camarin Caloocan City

Abstract

Community participation is one of the most important assets to prevent crime. Nowadays, there are many crimes happening in our country. That is why the Philippine National Police (PNP) needs the participation of the community in ensuring orderliness and peace amongst its constituents. The community serves as the “eye” and “ears” of the Philippine National Police (PNP) because the community is aware of what is happening in their area more than the police. A synergetic partnership between the community and the Philippine National Police (PNP) is essential to reduce crime and improve the quality of life. Community participation is truly important to encourage them to coordinate with local police programs for community safety. Also, the PNP needs the coordination of barangay officials in the implementation of law and order in specific jurisdictions. The results in this research will serve as guides and bases in providing solutions to the aforementioned problem. The researchers used the descriptive method in gathering data from the respondents. The Data gathering process in this study was conducted through the use of questionnaires and unstructured interviews. Data obtained from these questionnaires were carefully analyzed and interpreted with the help of descriptive statistics such as weighted mean, percentage, rank, and Likert scale. The findings of this study showed that the problems encountered by the respondents on the prevention of crime in Brgy. 178 Camarin, Caloocan City are not following the rules and regulation of the government. Based on the responses of the respondents, it was identified that there are a number of constituents who are not communicating with police and government about critical issues in the community. This concludes that a number of respondents may not have enough knowledge about crime prevention directives or awareness of the ways they can coordinate with the police on criminal encounters. The researchers identified that citizens should report immediately suspicious activity to the police officers. They should also cooperate with the programs implemented by the police and government and they should have the will to perform their duty to help the police fight crime. Solutions and results for crime prevention are the main goals of this research. The crimes in the community will be lessened or prevented if this research becomes applied.