Public perception will now be a part of every police personnel’s life and in a very significant way, it will decide if one deserves a promotion or not.
Yes, the Philippine National Police (PNP) will include a public review for PNP promotion aspirants where the people are encouraged to full take part in the promotions process by giving their perception and review of the candidates for promotion. The process calls for citizens to provide their office with background information of the PNP applicants which will serve as supplication of the citizens’ response. This will help ensure that all applicants are upright citizens in character, gentle in manners, and are still equipped to serve the public. The public can share their knowledge or complaints on the involvement in any illegal activities, particularly illegal drugs of any of the promote-ables whose names are posted on the social media sites.
In Davao Region, complainants may be called or texted directly to the Regional Director’s Hotline numbers 0998-967-4145, 0933-823-2535, tel no. (082) 232-8064 and on these social media accounts ( RPPSS Rehiyon Onse and Orphrdd Proeleven Facebook Page). All information will be treated with confidentiality in the evaluation of the region’s 1,421 Philippine National Police (PNP) personnel who are applying for promotion for next higher rank positions.
Participation in this campaign is envisaged to transform organization into a professional force with integrity and with passion for true public service.
PNP personnel who will be reported will be subjected to validation and monitoring upon proof of evidence, will be automatically not included in the promotion list and will be subjected for administrative sanction, depending on the gravity of the case/complaints against him/her. In addition, an oversight committee (members of the Promotional Board for PCO and PNCOs) is tasked to study applications for promotion to ensure that those deserved officials will be promoted to the next higher rank.
Traditionally, police performance has been largely assessed in terms of statistics such as crime rates and, more recently, community satisfaction. However, while these major approaches can provide an indication of what police may spend their time on, they do not directly inform the people of what they do spend their time on. The process is known in other jurisdictions as “activity measurement”, an approach that serves as a significant management information tool.
In the past, data on reported crime rates and other related crime indices were used to justify the establishment of police services and to gain community acceptance of police. However, these ratings only serve as critical indicators of performance. Because of the complex nature of policing in this country, police work is difficult to measure. These measures have historically constituted the main form of information for evaluating police services. However, the main limitation of these traditional police performance indicators is that they are essentially social indicators. This means it is difficult to determine the true nature and extent of the impact of police activity on the intended result. As a result, it is often difficult to find consistent “improvement” in police performance using these indicators.
In our jurisdiction, the police undertake a broad array of work which means that other than the than the traditionally-assigned tasks of pursuing, arresting and charging criminals, preventing crime from occurring, and dealing with traffic-related offences and accidents, the police are likewise expected to resolve various conflicts in their communities, reduce or prevent social disorder, and construct and maintain community relations.
To members of the PNP who are poor in social skills and community relations, this is a wake up call.
