THE ROLES AND RELATIONSHIP OF POLICEMEN IN THE COMMUNITY

Abstract

Policemen has the tasked of maintaining peace and order in the community so that everyone well leave not in fear but free from the lawless element of the society.  The  study aims to assessed the relationship of Policemen in the community to include their roles in maintaining peace and order.  The researcher employed the descriptive method of research and simple random technique  in gathering data from 200  Community residents among the four(4) barangay to include Barangay Officials  and 10 Police Personnel of Police Station, Angadanan Isabela.  Results of the study showed that both of the respondent on their assessment are  Usually on the activities of Police Community Relation on the aspect of patrol the beat, organized and mobilized people, area visit and house visit, while in the assessment of the respondent on the Police Interaction with the people in the community is also Usually.  Both of the respondent also agreed that on the Performance of the Police Officers in Relation to their Community Relation is Very Satisfactory. Results further revealed that there is no significant difference between the assessment of the PNP Personnel and the Barangay Officials on the Performance of the Police Personnel in Relation to their Community Relation. The Policemen encountered serious problems in their roles and responsibility in community relation in the following aspects: Lack of cooperation among residents in crime prevention, Residents do not report while crime is in progress, Residents do not show hospitality  while conducting house visit, Insufficient supervision and monitoring from barangay officials when conducting area visit.