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Crime prevention process emanates from the local form of the government to ensure the safety of all its constituents whom the barangay
tanod has the biggest role within the barangay. The study made a Qualitative-descriptive research and purposive sampling technique
with the used of questionnaire as a tool in gathering the data from 34 Barangay Tanods and 30 Barangay Officials within the Central
Region of Angadanan, Isabela. The researcher used the following statistical instruments: simple frequency, percentage, weighted mean,
chi-square, and t-test.. Results of the study showed that the barangay tanod are moderately effective in preventing crime because of
improper routine of duties and functions like conduct patrol or ronda, conduct surveillance to surreptitious person, and detection of
hazard in different establishments and to include lack of sufficient orientation. majority of the respondent belong to age range 36 -40
years old, male, married, vocational graduates and have 10-12 years of experience as Barangay Tanod. It also reveals that the The
Barangay Tanods encountered serious problems in crime prevention in the following aspects: lack of vehicle when conducting patrol,
insufficient training like self-defense techniques, and insufficient equipment like baton, handcuff and other equipment for crime
prevention.
Keywords: barangay tanod, crime prevention, conduct patrol.
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DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.31838/jcr.07.11.44
INTRODUCTION
Barangay is the Philippines' basic unit of government. Each 1.2 gender
barangay is under the administration and supervision of cities 1.3 civil status
and municipalities as the lowest level of political and 1.4 educational attainment
governmental subdivision in the Philippines. In every barangay 1.5 years of experience as Barangay Tanod
there is a Barangay Tanod Brigade which plays an important part
in the development and progress of the barangay. 2. What do the Barangay Officials and the Barangay Tanods
themselves assess the effectiveness of Barangay Tanods in crime
Barangay Tanods stands at the forefront of keeping the peace prevention in terms of:
and order in every barangay. We are composed of civilian 2.1. conduct of patrolling
volunteers who protect the community from lawless forces, and 2.2. fire prevention
who also demonstrate their interest in crime prevention by 2.3. conduct of surveillance
serving criminals as deterrents, especially in areas where police 2.4. conduct of proper arrest
are scarce. Chapter 4 Section 391 No. 16 of the Local Government 2.5. coordination to barangay officials
Code requires Sangguniang Barangay to create Barangay Tanod 2.6. conduct of traffic
Brigades or their equivalent, the number of which in each 3. Is there a significant relationship between the effectiveness of
barangay shall not exceed twenty (20), to provide insurance or Barangay Tanod and their demographic profile?
other benefits during their tenure, charged to the barangay of the 4. Is there a significant difference between the assessment of the
town or municipal government to which the barangay belongs. Barangay Officials and Barangay Tanod themselves relative to
the effectiveness of Barangay Tanod in Crime Prevention?
In their study of the little baguio, Aquino and Ramizo (2009) 5. How serious are the problems encountered by the Barangay
conclude that after improved crime prevention, a revamped Tanod in crime prevention?
barangay-level patrol is likely to have decreased effectiveness 6. What can be proposed to enhance the effectiveness of
because maintenance problems that emerge and/or criminals Barangay Tanod in Crime Prevention?
may find ways to bypass the patrol program. A patrol activity is
not passive, and must be evaluated on a continuous basis. Hypotheses
Reduction of violence, obsolescence, self-satisfaction and the 1. There is no significant relationship between Barangay tanod 's
preservation of values, information and best practices should be success in crime prevention, and its demographic profile.
considered. Warnings against applicability are therefore 2. There is no significant difference between the evaluation of the
acknowledged in order to prevent packaging Little Baguio 's Barangay officers themselves and Barangay Tanod in relation to
patrol experience as a one-size suit all cure for patrolling Barangay Tanod 's success in crime prevention.
inefficiency everywhere.
METHODOLOGY
Statement of the Problem The researcher utilized the Qualitative-descriptive research and
This study aims to assess the effectiveness of Barangay Tanod in purposive sampling technique with the used of questionnaire as
crime prevention in central region of Angadanan Isabela. a tool in gathering the data from 34 Barangay Tanods and 30
Specifically, it sought to answer the following questions; Barangay Officials. The researcher used the following statistical
1. What is the demographic profile of the Barangay Tanod in tools: simple frequency, percentage, weighted mean, chi-square
terms of: and t-test.
1.1 age
Locale of the Study the effectiveness of Barangay Tanod in crime prevention and
This research was carried out within Angadanan Isabela's central their demographic profiles which is set to 0.05 level of
area, namely Barangay Centro I, II and III. It is bounded by probability.
Cauayan City on the north, Benito Soliven and San Guillermo on
the east, Echague on the south and Alicia on the west. d. t-testIt is a comparative analysis of two types of population. A
two-sample t-test tests whether two samples are different and
Respondents of the Study are widely used when two standard distribution variances are
The respondents of the study were the 34 Barangay Tanods and unknown, even when a small sample size is used in an
30 Barangay officials in the Central Region of Angadanan Isabela. experiment.
This include Barangay Centro I, Centro II, Centro III using e. The problems encountered by the respondents in crime
purposive sampling technique. The breakdown of respondents is prevention were determined using ranking.
as follows:
RESULT AND DISCUSSION
Barangay This chapter presents the results and discussion of the study as
Barangay Officials Baranagay Tanod well as the statistical interpretation of the findings of the study.
1 10 12
Part 1. Profile of Respondents
2 10 11 The respondents profiles are identified as Barangay Tanod in
3 10 12 terms of age , gender, civil status , educational achievement and
Total 30 34 years of experience.
Tanods are qualified in their positions since the Local There is a significant difference in the Barangay Officials and
Government Code requires that at least they can read and write. Barangay Tanods' assessment of the latter's effectiveness in
crime prevention, a 5 per cent meaningful t-test for independent
Table 5. Profile of the Respondents according to Years of samples was used with eight degrees of freedom. The result was
Experience as Barangay Tanod a computed value of -.3636 below the critical value of 1.812.
Years of Frequency Percent Therefore, there is no significant difference in the null hypothesis
Experience between the Barangay Officials' assessment and the Barangay
1-3 years 4 11.77 Tanods themselves in terms of the effectiveness of Barangay
4-6 years 10 29.41 Tanod in crime prevention. This implies that both groups of
7-9 years 8 23.53 respondents have similar assessments regarding Barangay
10-12 years 12 35.29 Tanods' effectiveness in crime prevention.
Total 34 100
As presented in Table 5, 12 or 35.29 percent of the respondents Part 4 Significant Difference between the Assessment of the
have 10-12 years of experience as Barangay Tanods, this implies Barangay Officials and the Barangay Tanods themselves
that most of the Barangay Tanods have adequate and long years relative to the effectiveness of Barangay Tanod in Crime
of experience in preventing crime in their own barangay. Prevention
In their evaluation the respondents contribute strongly to the
Part 2. Effectiveness of Barangay Tanods in Crime effectiveness of the Barangay Tanods in crime prevention.
Prevention As Assessed by the Barangay Officials and the Therefore, when grouped by gender and civil status, the null
Barangay Tanods Themselves. hypothesis that there is no significant relationship between the
effectiveness of Barangay Tanods in crime prevention is rejected.
Table 6. Summary of Mean effectiveness of Barangay Therefore, Barangay Tanods' success in crime prevention is
Tanods in Crime Prevention as assessed by the Barangay related to their gender and civil status.
Officials and the Barangay Tanods Themselves. The respondents further stated that they do not relate
Weighted Description significantly in their evaluation on the efficacy of the Barangay
Crime Prevention Mean Tanods in crime prevention when grouped in terms of
Conduct Patrolling 2.54 ME educational achievement, years of experience and age. Therefore,
Fire Prevention 3.43 ME when graded according to educational achievement, years of
experience and age, the null hypothesis that there is no
Conduct Surveillance 2.48 SE substantial connection between Barangay Tanods' effectiveness
Conduct proper arrest 2.80 ME in crime prevention is acknowledged.
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