Threshold of Community Policing in the Philippines: A Public Safety and Security Study

The existing program of the Philippine National Police (PNP) in Resolution 2015-342 provides empowerment to perform the role as a community and service-oriented agency through the adoption of the Community and Service-Oriented Policing (CSOP) System, involving the local executives and the community to prevent crime and improve public safety. It requires collaboration and encourages a proactive and problem-solving approach to crimes. The program approach is a realization of a true and genuine government service: “the government is for the people, by the people, and of the people”. This paper examines the performance output of the PNP in establishing and sustaining public safety and security, particularly in the Local Government Unit (LGU) of Pinili. This is an affirmation of data exchange standards and communication protocols. Further, this is an attempt to look into the performance of the administrative force, and whether the focus of their action is the achievement of community reciprocity in line with the “diwa ng lunan” worldview embedded in “the police is the community…the community is the police”, the Peelian philosophy. The research found that the residents trust the law enforcers, the PNP, as part of the administrative force, and must continue to embrace the approaches emboldened in the thematic diagram and symmetry model as tools to develop specific strategies for strengthening and firming up the weaknesses. The paper used thematic and SWOT analyses.