The influence of police visibility during pandemic on crime prevention and control at barangay Apokon, Tagum City

Abstract

The primarily goal of the study is to determine the significant relationship between police visibility during pandemic and crime prevention and control at Barangay Apokon, Tagum City. The study utilize quantitative non-experimental descriptive correlational in exploring the significant relationship of police visibility and crime prevention and control at Barangay Apokon, Tagum City. The statistical tools used to gather data were weighted mean and pearson-r. There are 150 respondents who are all residents of Barangay Apokon, Tagum City. Results indicated that the level of police visibility in terms of public order, foot patrol and car patrol are high and the level of crime prevention and control in terms of surveillance, intelligence gathering, undercover work, stop and search and Investigating is also high. The respondents gave a high evaluation to the domain of police visibility during pandemic in crime prevention and control in Barangay Apokon, Tagum City, indicating that the presence of the police in the neighbourhood prevents and controls crime.