Level of Effectiveness of Barangay Peace Keeping Action Team on the Implementation of Curfew Hours in Barangay Bagong Pook Vi-C San Pablo City, Laguna

LEVEL OF EFFECTIVENESS OF BARANGAY PEACE KEEPING ACTION TEAM ON THE IMPLEMENTATION OF CURFEW HOURS IN BARANGAY BAGONG POOK VI-C SAN PABLO CITY, LAGUNA

An Undergraduate Thesis

Presented to the Faculty of the

College of Criminal Justice Education

Laguna State Polytechnic University

San Pablo City Campus

In Partial Fulfillment

Of the Requirements for the Degree

Bachelor of Science in Criminology

By:

CARY KIM ALMARIO ALCANTARA

March 2016

THESIS ABSTRACT

The study is designed to determine the Level of Effectiveness of Barangay Peace Keeping Action Team on the implementation of curfew hours in Barangay Bagong Pook VI-C San Pablo City, Laguna. The study looked into the demographic profile of the respondents in terms of a) Age, b) Gender, c) number of years of residency; d) the level of effectiveness of Barangay Peace Keeping Action Team on the implementation of curfew hours in Barangay Bagong Pook VI-C San Pablo City, Laguna in terms of; A) enforcement of the ordinance, B) apprehension of violators and C) conducting patrol. Is there a significant difference on the level of effectiveness of Barangay Peace Keeping Action Team on the implementation of curfew hours in Barangay Bagong Pook VI-C San Pablo City, Laguna relative to enforcement of the ordinance, apprehension of violators and conducting patrol. Based on the result, Majority of the respondents in terms of age distribution belongs to the young which is from 18-30 years of age. Equal number of male and female respondents were chosen. With regards to the number years of residency most of them is 18-30 years resident of the said barangay. In the Level of Effectiveness of Barangay Peace Keeping Action Team on the implementation of curfew hours in Barangay Bagong Pook VI-C San Pablo City, Laguna. A) Enforcement of the ordinance revealed an overall weighted mean of 2.02 with a descriptive interpretation of “slightly efficient”. B) Apprehension of violators revealed an overall weighted mean of 2.18 with descriptive interpretation of “Slightly Efficient”. C) Conducting patrol revealed an overall weighted mean of 1.97 with a descriptive rating of “Slightly Efficient”. D) Significant difference on the Level of Effectiveness of Barangay Peace Keeping Action Team on the implementation of curfew hours in Barangay Bagong Pook VI-C San Pablo City, Laguna. Using ANOVA, the relationship between these three indicators was tested the P-value at 0.00. This rejects null hypothesis whereas α having a value of 0.05 is more than the P-value of 0.00. There is a significant difference the three indicators. Because of the difference on how the authorities handle or manage in enforcing this curfew. From the salient findings of the study the conclusions are as follows; A) The Level of Effectiveness of Barangay Peace Keeping Action Team in the implementation of curfew hours in Barangay Bagoong Pook VI-C San Pablo City, Laguna as to the enforcement of the ordinance is “Slightly Efficient” because the authorities are not strict in the implementation of the ordinance in the barangay and the community has little knowledge about the said ordinance. B) As to the apprehension of violators the Barangay Peace Keeping Action Team are “Slightly Efficient” because they are not informing the family or relatives of the apprehended youth violators and they are not strict on imposing fine and penalties. C) In conducting patrol the Barangay Peace Keeping Action Team have receive an interpretation of “Slight Efficient”. They are slightly efficient because of some problems encountered during conducting patrol they lack of equipment in patrolling sometimes they are conducting patrol but they are not monitoring along the vicinity and when there is a special event. There is a significant different relationship between the mean score of the respondents in the sub indicator questions when it comes in the enforcement of ordinance, apprehension of violators and conducting patrol. As observe in the indicators all of them received an overall descriptive interpretation of “slightly efficient”. We can say that there is a significant difference on the indicators because of the result in its sub indicator because both the sub indicators of indicators apprehension of violators and conducting patrol has the same numbers of “Slightly Efficient”, “Efficient” and “Not Efficient” because they are almost related in terms of implementation of the ordinance. But when it comes to the indicator enforcement of the ordinance there is a difference its sub indicator received a different numbers of “Slightly Efficient”, “Efficient” and “not Efficient” because it the authorities are not enforcing the ordinance properly.

Keyword. Curfew An order issued by the public authorities or military insurgents requiring everyone or certain people to be indoors at certain times, often at night. It can be imposed to maintain public order or suppress targeted groups.

ACKNOWLEDGMENT

It gives the researcher great pleasure to express his gratitude to all people who have supported him and had their contributions in making this thesis possible. First and foremost, he must acknowledge and thank The Almighty god for blessing, guidance he showered into the study. He could never have accomplished this without the faith I have in the Almighty.        

Mr. Marlon Wankey, Associate Dean of College of Criminal Justice Education, for his vital encouragement, constant reminders and much needed motivation throughout this study;

The researcher offers his sincerest gratitude to his adviser Ms. Jennifer M. Nayoyos who has supported him throughout this study with her patience and knowledge. She attributed the level of her bachelor degree with her encouragement and effort. One simply could not wish for a better or friendlier adviser;

To Mr. Dan Briñas who serves as his statistician, for tabulating those data and giving insightful comments thoughtful criticism, time and attention during her busy semester;

To Mr. Ronel Mendoza who serve as his English critique, for polishing the grammar and for his undeniable help in editing this manuscript; and

The researcher is highly indebted to the barangay officials of Barangay Bagong Pook VI-c and to their residents for allowing the researcher to float questionnaire, for guidance and constant supervision as well as for providing necessary information.

Last but not the least, the researcher takes this opportunity to extend his deep appreciation to his family and friends for their understanding and support throughout this study.