Public trust, respect high in NCR police — survey

The National Capital Region Police Office (NCRPO) scored high in the recent public perception survey conducted by the National Police Commission (NAPOLCOM), results revealed on Saturday.

Based on the survey, the public trust and respect increased by 1.22 percent from 50.78 percent to 52 percent.

Level of public safety also inched up by 13.4 percent from 29.3 percent to 42.7 percent and crime reporting by the public rose by 19.8 percent from 24.1 percent to 43.9 percent of the same survey in 2014.

NCRPO Regional Director, PDir Oscar Albayalde lauded the NCRPO police for gaining high in the public perception survey.

The survey was conducted by the NAPOLCOM-NCR on November 8, 11, and 14, 2016 in the 16 cities and one municipality under the jurisdiction of the five police districts in NCR with 570 respondents composed of students, professionals, religious leaders, barangay officials and employees, business sector representatives, force multipliers, street workers and household members randomly selected in different barangays of Metro Manila.

The survey indicated that there is high agreement among the respondents that the NCR police are respected and trusted by the public.

The survey also showed that there is generally high agreement among respondents that the NCR police are fast to respond to citizen calls for help.

The Southern Police District ranked first in police response and accessibility followed by Manila Police District, Eastern Police District, Northern Police District and Quezon City Police District.

The survey also revealed that the respondents highly agreed that the community enjoy a satisfactory level of safety especially when there are police visible in the area.

Respondents generally agreed that the police ensure the safety and protection of a citizen who reports a crime, positively affirmed that the NCR police can be trusted to perform their duties within the bounds of law, and unanimously agreed that the police enjoy public support and cooperation as affirmed by their willingness to participate in dialogues with the police.

Respondents believed that dialogues with the police provide a good venue to solve peace and order and public safety problems in the community.

The respondents also generally agreed that the NCR police display good manners and right conduct. 

Albayalde expressed his appreciation to NAPOLCOM-NCR and to the public. He considered the result of the survey as inspiration, an encouragement and at the same time a challenge for the NCRPO to further improve its performance in public service.

“The result is flattering however, we must not rest with our gains. Tuloy-tuloy po ang NCRPO sa pagtutupad ng aming tungkulin at pagpapalawig ng reporma at pagpapaigting ng disiplina sa ating mga kapulisan lalong-lalo sa mga bagitong pulis.” Albayalde said.

“We will take the result of this survey as one of our basis and guide to further improve our performance, to address the security demands of the public, and to pursue our transformation program.” he added. — VVP, GMA News