The Effects of Salary Increase on the Performance of the Philippine National Police Personnel at Brgy. Batasan Hills Quezon City

Abstract

This study looks into the changes in performance of the PNP and personnel with the salary increase initiated by Philippine Government under the Duterte administration wherein police officers and personnel were given a higher monthly base pay. More specifically, a Police Officer 1 is now paid ₱29, 668.00 constituting a 100% increase from the previous ₱14, 834.00 monthly basic pay. And the PNP Chief is now paid ₱121, 143.00, from the previous salary of ₱67, 500.00. The PNP have been involved in a many controversies and illegal activities such as “holdap”, kidnap for ransom, drug recycling, extortion, and “kutong” for which the low salary of the PNP has been tagged as one of the reasons for these misconducts. This study seeks to determine whether the increase in the salary has uplifted the performance of selected personnel as perceived by these personnel. This study utilized the Descriptive Method of research. This method was particularly chosen because it allows the quantitative and qualitative description of current issues, also the nature and traits, even the characteristics of the respondents. Furthermore, it reveals the significant differences of the condition understudied. Majority of the respondents were from the age bracket of 31-33 years old, 18% were male, 10% were married, 36% were college graduates, 32% had 5-10 years’ length of service. Most of the respondents said that they perform highly in terms of being active in duties, implementing ordinances, discipline actions, and community relations. Some respondents believe inflation rate to have affected them seriously.