Jane O. Bobis (Author)

Abstract

This study used a mixed method research design to ascertain the patrol strategies along with community engagement in relation to the police efficiency in the province of Capiz as basis for an enhanced police operation program for year 2024-2025.  The study’s participants comprised of 271 out of the 839 police officers in the province of Capiz selected utilizing the Slovin formula for stratified random sampling. The Focus Group Discussion (FGD) Guide and survey questionnaires served as the study’s research tools. The following were included in the survey questionnaires: A 75-item modified researcher-made Patrol Strategies Questionnaire; 30-item modified researcher-made Community Engagement Questionnaire; and the 30-item modified researcher-made Police Efficiency Questionnaire from Philippine National Police Manual (2021). The Focus Group Discussion (FGD) Guide was also used in this study. The independent variables were the patrol strategies and community engagement however; the dependent variable was the level of police efficiency. The following statistical methods were employed in data analysis: frequency count, percentage, mean, standard deviation, Analysis of Variance, and Pearson r. The alpha level of significance for inferential statistics were set at 5%. The study’s overall results showed that 271 police officers’ responses regarding patrol tactics were “very high”. When grouped into the different types of patrol strategies, data show that police officers exhibited a “very high” level of clearing patrol, directed patrol, preventive patrol, random patrol and communication patrol, respectively. Overall, police officers’ involvement in the community was “very high”. Overall, 271 respondents indicated that police efficiency was “very high”. There was a “significant difference” in the efficiency of police officers among the levels of patrol strategies. There was a “significant difference” in the efficiency of police officers among the levels of community engagement. There was “a significant relationship” between patrol strategies and community engagement of police officers. There was “a significant relationship” between patrol strategies and efficiency of police officers. There was “a significant relationship” between community engagement and efficiency of police officers.

Keywords: patrol strategies, community engagement, police efficiency

DOI: http://doi.org/10.69651/PIJHSS0403464

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Bobis, J. O. (2025). Patrol strategies, community engagement, and police efficiency in the province of Capiz: Basis for an enhanced police operation program. Pantao (The International Journal of the Humanities and Social Sciences) 4 (3), 5000-5012. http://doi.org/10.69651/PIJHSS0403464

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