Davao de Oro Police Office (DDOPO) ranked first in terms of safety, security, and trust ratings in the Davao Region, according to the Regional Trust, Respect, and Safety study done by the Mindanao Development Authority (MinDA).
Dr. Adrian Tamayo, chief of the Public Relations Division of MinDA, explained that based on the survey, which covered the fourth quarter (October to December) last year, residents of Davao de Oro have the highest feeling of safety with the DDOPO with a rating of 91.6 percent. It is followed by Davao Oriental (89.8 percent), Davao Occidental (89.5 percent), Davao del Sur (89.3 percent), Davao City (89.1 percent), and Davao del Norte (88.7 percent).
“In terms of safety, unsa ang measurement and metric of safety is at any given time at any given place all across Davao Region nga walay nahitabo? That is the question. Security is the feeling of being assured that no harm would come and absence of threats. Ang absence of threat na ginabati individual na siya so a person can feel a thing and another person can feel another thing,” Tamayo said during the AFP-PNP Press Corps media forum on Wednesday at The Royal Mandaya Hotel.
In terms of the trust, DDOPO received a 92 percent rating followed by Davao del Sur (90.1 percent), Davao City (89.9 percent), Davao Occidental (89.9 percent), Davao Oriental (89.8 percent), and Davao del Norte (89.6 percent).
“The feeling of trust means at any given time kung naa sila’y panginahanglan na police mahatagan sila ug adequate and appropriate na response or reaction. While the feeling of respect is that any given place and time the police guarantee protection of their rights and properties,” Tamayo explained.
In terms of respect, DDOPO earned 92.5 percent followed by Davao Oriental with 91.1 percent, Davao Occidental (90.9 percent), Davao del Sur (90.7 percent), Davao del Norte (90.7 percent), and Davao City (90.5 percent).
As a whole, the safety rating is 90 percent, trust 91 percent, and respect 90 percent.
“In the study, we were able to reveal the relationship of these three metrics importante na kuhaon daan ang safety ang emotion na walay mahitabo sa ilaha ug ang respect or guarantee so that the people would provide trust instrument to the government, in this study is the police,” Tamayo said.
The said study was participated by 1,200 respondents proportionately distributed across the five provinces and one highly urbanized city.
MinDA conducted the survey in partnership with the Police Regional Office (PRO 11).
MinDA chairperson Secretary Mabel Sunga-Acosta and PRO 11 Regional Director PBGeneral Benjamin Silo Jr. signed the Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) in August last year.
Tamayo said they will present the results of the survey to Philippine National Police (PNP) chief General Rodolfo Azurin Jr. and make it the basis in issuing advisory in Mindanao.
“MinDA is tasked to provide strategic initiative and part of it are the safety and security. Now we have the tools and skills to conduct the survey. We aim to get the full picture of Mindanao because we will present it to the chief PNP and also try to bring in the security experts in Manila and present this to them so that when making advisory they would look on this because some of them dili upright and updated ang ilang understanding sa safety and security. We want this to be a message na para kung mu-check sila sa Mindanao ug Davao they are guaranteed na safe sila,” he said.
