MPA Thesis major in Development Management and Public Safety Administration, L-NU Dagupan City March 2011

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PERFORMANCE OF THE PHILIPPINE NATIONALPOLICE IN THE
IMPLEMENTATION OF ANTI-ILLEGAL DRUG PROGRAM
IN THE MUNICIPALITY OF SAN GABRIEL
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A Thesis
Presented to
The Faculty of the Graduate School
LYCEUM – NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY
Dagupan City
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In Partial Fulfillment
Of the Requirement for the Degree
Master in Public Administration
By:
GERARDO VILUAN MANZANO
April, 2011

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CERTIFICATION AND APPROVAL SHEET
This thesis “PERFORMANCE OF THE PHILIPPINE NATIONAL POLICE IN
THE IMPLEMENTATION OF ANTI-ILLEGAL DRUG PROGRAM IN THE
MUNICIPALITY OF SAN GABRIEL, LA UNION’, ” has been prepared and submitted
by GERARDO V. MANZANO in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree
MASTER IN PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION” on March 2, 2011.
JOSEFINA B. BITONIO, DPA
Adviser
Thesis Committee
ROMANA O. FABREGAS, Ph.D.
Chairman
JOSEPHINE T. FLORES, DPA CYNTHIA P. LOPEZ, Ph.D.
Member Member
Approved on March 2, 2011 by the Panel of Examiners on Oral Examination with
A grade of 95%.
ROMANA O. FABREGAS, Ph.D.
Chairman
JOSEPHINE T. FLORES, DPA CYNTHIA P. LOPEZ, Ph.D.
Member Member
Accepted and approved in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree MASTER IN
PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION.
Comprehensive Exam 97% Date: June 6, & 13, 2010
ROMANA O. FABREGAS, Ph.D.
Dean, Graduate School

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CERTIFICATION OF THE READING COMMITTEE
This is to certify that the undersigned members of the Reading Committee have
read the thesis of GERARDO V. MANZANO entitled ”PERFORMANCE OF THE
PHILIPPINE NATIONAL POLICE IN THE IMPLEMENTATION OF ANTI-
ILLEGAL DRUG PROGRAM IN THE MUNICIPALITY OF SAN GABRIEL, LA
UNION” The committee found the thesis acceptable in accordance with the
requirements and standards in thesis writing. He is recommended for Final Oral
Examination on his thesis on March 2, 2011.
ROMANA O. FABREGAS, Ph.D.
Chairman
JOSEFINA B. BITONIO,DPA JOSEPHINE T. FLORES, DPA
Adviser Member
CYNTHIA P. LOPEZ, Ph.D.
Member

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ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
The researcher wishes to express his heartfelt and profound gratitude to all
those who unselfishly contributed to the realization of this academic endeavor.
Specifically, he invokes the Almighty’s blessings upon the following:
Dr. Romana O. Fabregas Dean of the Graduate School, for her scholarly
suggestions that have greatly improved the paper.
Dr. Josefina B. Bitonio, his adviser, for her patience and never ending
advice, continuous support up to the completion of this endeavor;
Dr. Josephine T. Flores and Dr. Cynthis P. Lopez of LNU Graduate School,
for all their valuable comments and suggestions;
Dr. Lucila M. Caccam, for her constructive comments and assistance in
reviewing the final version of the manuscript;
Hon Divina D. Velasco, Municipal Mayor of San Gabriel and her secretary,
Roselyn Buyao for the assistance extended during the conduct of the study
All the employees of the LNU- Graduate School, Dagupan City, for being
hospitable and courteous every time we rubbed elbows in their offices;
Police Inspector Barnardo C. Manzano and all the Commissioned and Non
Commissioned PNP personnel of San Gabriel, La Union for giving their unwavering
assistance and support in gathering data and information that significantly
contributed to the completion of this study;

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The civil society for their valuable information that has been part of the
study.
His dearest wife Pear, and children namely Leezchelle and Geezchelle
who served as his inspirations in the completion of this thesis; and
Above all, Almighty God, whom he gets his vigor and knowledge that
served as his weapon and screen in making this masterpiece a success.
GERARDO V. MANZANO

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DEDICATION
The war against drugs has been going on since the early 1980’s. Ending the
war on drugs is like a never ending battle. We cannot fight this war alone. This
should be the time that the municipality of San Gabriel, La Union needs to be one
as illegal drug created drug abuse problem to individual and society.
This humble piece of work
is dedicated to
the men and women of the
Philippine National Police for their courageous
and honorable deeds in protecting
the citizenry.
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THESIS ABSTRACT
Title : PERFORMANCE OF THE PHILIPPINE NATIONAL POLICE IN
THE IMPLEMENTATION OF ANTI-ILLEGAL DRUG PROGRAM
IN THE MUNICIPALITY OF SAN GABRIEL, LA UNION
Author : GERARDO V. MANZANO
Degree : Master in Public Administration
Institution : Lyceum – Northwestern University
Graduate Studies Department
Dagupan City
Date : March 2, 2011
Page : 102
Adviser : JOSEFINA B. BITONIO, DPA
Abstract :
The study assessed the performance of the Philippine National Police in the
implementation of anti-illegal drug program in the municipality of San Gabriel, La
Union from 2008 - 2010. Descriptive design was employed in the conduct of
research with respondents coming from San Gabriel PNP, LGU Municipal Office,
and Drug Affected Barangays .
SUMMARY OF FINDINGS
Professional Profile of the PNP. a) Educational Attainment. Majority of
the PNP personnel in San Gabriel, La Union are college graduates while only few
went further to earn masteral units in the post graduate studies. b) Position and
Rank. Whereas more than half (61.53%) of the PNP personnel have the ranks of

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Police Officer I (PO1) - Police Officer III (PO3). On the Other hand, (30.77%) are
either Senior Police Officer I (SPO1) or Senior Police Officer II (SPO2). The police
force is led by a Police Chief Inspector (7.70%), c) Length of Service. The study
revealed that more one-half (53.84%) of the personnel rendered than ten years. The
rest (23.08%) have served for 11-20 years and the remaining (23.08%), 21-30 years.
d) Trainings Attended Related to Drug. In terms of drug – related training,
majority of the PNP personnel (46.15%) have attended not more than three (3)
training, whereas (30.76%) of them have been to 4-5 trainings, very few (23.07%)
have gone to attend 6-7 trainings within the period 2007-2009.All in all, only a small
percentage have been expose to drug related trainings.
Level of implementation of the anti-illegal Drugs Prevention Program.
a.) Information and Education Campaign. Data showed that education campaign
along the following activities are “least implemented”. Vigorous public
communication on anti illegal drug through anti-drug campaign coverage in the news
media, and community activities (2.31); educate youth to reject illegal drugs (2.42);
campaign activities to prevent youth from initiating use of drugs, especially marijuana
and inhalants (2.76) and encouraging school and community to promote anti-drug
themes (2.68) were both rated “moderately implemented”. The summated sum for
information and education campaign is 2.52 which means that the program is “least
implemented”. b) Partnership with the Local Government Units on Policy
Formulation on a Drug Free Community. The data revealed that partnership
between LGU and PNP on public campaign newspapers, magazines, billboards, and
the Internet were rated was rated “least implemented” (2.56.). In contrast all the

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other activities were “moderately implemented” support anti-drug public policies
and anti-drug actions of community institutions (2.69), Public drug-related
discussions on anti drug theme and anti drug messages (2.88), partnership in-school
drug education (2.79), and partnership in anti-drug programs in community (2.78)
have a descriptive rating of “moderately implemented”. The summated mean for
partnership with the Local Government Units on policy formulation on a drug free
community was 2.74 rated as “moderately implemented”. The overall level of
implementation of the Anti-Illegal Drugs Prevention Program is “moderately
implemented” as shown by the grand mean of 2.63.
Status of performance on supply reduction and demand reduction.
a) Supply Reduction. According to the findings of the study, all the dimensions in
supply reduction were rated “fair” in the performance of PNP. More specifically,
these are conducts buy bust operation, search and seizure, mobile checkpoint
operation, undercover operation and narcotics investigation (2.09), continuous
coordination with the Barangay Drug Watch (2.49), conduct of random checkpoint to
preempt transport of contraband (2.29), clearing/neutralized of personality listed in
the OB/Drug Watch (2.15) and Arrest cultivators (2.49) were rated as “fair” in the
performance of PNP. All in all, supply reduction for illegal drugs is described as
“fair” as evident in the summated mean of 2.30. b) Demand Reduction. As
observed by the respondents the indicators for demand reduction for illegal drugs
were rated “fair” in the performance of PNP in the following aspects adoption and
implementation of the DARE (Drugs Abuse Resistance Education) program to
combat drug abuse (2.59), strict adherence to the Anti- drug operational procedures.

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(2.42), anti –drug campaign shall increase the volume of drug related arrest (2.52),
drug testing of High school students (2.35) and continuous conduct of barangay
visitation/dialogue with BADAC and barangay folks (2.55) have a descriptive rating
of “fair” in the PNP performance. The summated mean of 2.48 revealed a descriptive
rating of “fair”. The grand mean is 2.39 meaning the activities for demand reduction
by the PNP is “fair”.
Problems encountered by the PNP and how serious these are. Data
revealed that the most pressing problem encountered by the PNP and rates as “much
serious”, is the inability of the PNP to combat the demand for, as well as the
availability and distribution of illicit drugs (3.59). Rated as “Moderately serious”
problems are the following: Poor detection and control (3.38), lack of strict inspection
procedure (3.40), insufficient fund for media campaign operations and advertisement
(3.25), inactive Barangay Anti-Illegal Drug Councils (3.39), weak prevention
program for illicit drug use (3.39), No joint effort between the Government, the
private sector and civil society to address the social problems caused by drug misuse
and abuse (3.35), inability to reduce the prevalence of drug use amongst the
population, thereby minimizing the social harm and damage to the well-being of
society (3.35), and inability to reduce the prevalence of drug use amongst the
population, thereby minimizing the social harm and damage to the well-being of
society (3.40). The least serious are inadequate support from the LGU (2.35) and
poor crime investigation (2.45) were considered less serious. All in all the summated
mean is 3.19 means all the encountered problems were found to be “moderately
serious”

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Based on the findings of the study, the following conclusions were arrived at:
1) The PNP in San Gabriel, La Union are highly educated, lower rank officers,
relatively young in service and less trained in drug prevention program, 2) The level
of implementation of the anti-illegal Drugs Prevention Program on information and
education is “least implemented” while partnership with the Local Government Units
on policy formulation on a drug free community is “moderately implemented”, 3)
The status of performance on supply reduction and demand reduction is “fair” and
4) Problems encountered by the PNP are “moderately serious”.
On the basis of the foregoing findings and conclusions, the following
recommendations were formulated. 1) The Local Government Unit of San Gabriel
should be tapped to allocate funds for the maintenance and other operating expenses
of the Anti-Illegal Drug Prevention Program of the municipality so as not to disrupt
the said program. A sound government policy must be geared towards the production
and provision of adequate high quality Information and Communication Technology
(ICT) services and equipment that match the need for surveillance and monitoring of
suspects, 2) The PNP Chief should plan operational approaches and funds for
communication activities must be sourced out including travel expenses, operating
expenses for the mobility of the police forces, 3) Improvement of educational and
information campaign must be spearheaded. The language or dialect must be easily
understood by partner civil society and the community; and, 4) Further; the
implementation of the proposed communication plan is hereby forwarded to the PNP
for review and adoption.