Police Visibility: Its Observed Effectiveness, Challenges and Impact on Public Safety
Jayson R. Ortega
Discipline: social policy
Abstract:
The study described the impact of police
visibility on public safety through descriptive research.
It was conducted in barangays in various municipalities
in Oriental Mindoro where the Revitalized Pulis sa
Barangay program has been implemented. Purposive
sampling was employed to choose the respondents, and
data was gathered via a survey questionnaire. The
respondents' demographic profile was described using
frequency and percentage distribution, and the
implementation and effects of police visibility were
assessed using weighted mean and ranking. All of the
variables' p-values were less than 0.05, according to the
Shapiro-Wilk Test results, indicating that the data set
was not regularly distributed. As a result, the Kruskal
Wallis test for more than two groups and the Mann Whitney U test for two groups were employed as nonparametric tests to identify significant differences. The
substantial link was also tested using Spearman rho.
SPSS version 28 was used for all analyses.
Opinions of police effectiveness were shown to be
influenced by demographic parameters including age
and occupation, but not by gender or years of residency.
The necessity of taking proactive measures is
highlighted by the strong correlation between the
application of police visibility tactics and positive
community outcomes. In order to address present
problems and optimize the advantages of police visibility,
the paper ends with suggestions for better training,
resource allocation, and community involvement. These
results support broader efforts to maintain community police partnerships and enhance public safety.
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