The Status of the Safety and Security of Bestlink College of the Philippines

Abstract

The student, the parent and the aspiring faculty member experience wonderment and confusion from the first moment that they arrive on campus. They look for help and guidance as they grapple to find their way, and need to know that they are safe on campus. Their first contact is often a security officer who is an integral part of rolling out a hospitable, informative and safe welcome mat. Each first impression needs to signal that they can fit into the friendly campus and they feel confident about their journey. As a result, the emphasis on customer service in the security role is growing. Today’s campus public safety officer doesn’t view his or her profession as a job, but as a calling. Security is one of the prime concerns of institutions as it is considered as one of the important components of student services. The researchers aim to describe the status of safety and security of Bestlink College of the Philippines. The result will be used as basis to improve the safety condition of the school. The researchers utilized the descriptive research design with the normative survey instruments and unstructured interviews as techniques in gathering data. In gathering data, the researchers utilized the survey questionnaire. It will be administered to the three groups of respondents. The first part was about the demographic profile of the respondents which includes age, sex, civil status and educational attainment. The second part covered the status of the BCP safety and security, in terms of fire prevention program; earthquake prevention and campus security. The third part covered the problems encountered that affects the security management in terms of the above mentioned variables. The last part will be the measures that may propose to address the problems encountered. The study traced the security personnel’s profile, as well as the perceptions of the respondents on the level of security management, and the problems encountered by the respondents. Thirty-seven security personnel and one hundred six other respondents composed of administrators, heads of offices, employees, and students, were the respondents of the study. The descriptive-correlational research method was used using a survey questionnaire in gathering data, statistically treated using frequency counts, percentages, ranking, mean, and chi-square test. Majority of the security personnel respondents were young, married, college graduates. The respondents were described according to different demographic profiles. Majority of the respondents were from the age bracket 19 to 25 years old; 93.3% were male, 80% were single and majority were college level. . As attested by the group of respondents on the perception in the status of security management of the Bestlink College of the Philippines in terms of: campus security, fire ready and earthquake ready, most response were regarded as “Very Good”. As attested by the group of respondents on the problems encountered by the Bestlink College of the Philippines that affects the status of safety and security, most were regarded as “Serious”. As attested by the group of respondents on the measures maybe proposed to address the problems encountered by the Bestlink College of the Philippines that affects the status of safety and security, most were regarded as “Highly Recommended”.The results of the study demonstrate the status of the safety and security of Bestlink College of the Philippines that can be used as a guide for improving the safety and security of the institution. It also discussed the respondents’ perception in dealing with the different problems encountered to give awareness to the students, faculty and administration regarding the safety and security of the institution.