Lived Experiences of an National Bureau of Investigation Assigned as Special Investigator in

Handling Cases

Thesis Presented to Gracejoy Pantillo College of Criminal Justice Education

Bago City, Negros Occidental

In Partial Fulfilment of the Degree

Bachelor of Science in Criminology

By

Glory Joy B. Dairo (L)

Billy Chan (AL)

John Mel Olimpo

Jinky Dela Cruz

Jullienne lumauag

Ge-anne G. Magapuro

Abdul Hakim B. Mamarinta

Jesrey Mae Solidarios

Jonhbert Dela Pena

Nicolas Jan S. Caraballo

Kenneth Candazo
 TABLE OF CONTENT

CHAPTER 1

* INTRODUCTION
* PURPOSE STATEMENT OF THE STUDY
* SIGNIFICANT OF THE STUDY
* SCOPE OF THE STUDY
* THEORITICAL FRAMEWORK

CHAPTER 2
 Chapter 1

Introduction

Background of the Study

Justice is one of the sole foundations of this country, and is protected

by the laws and constitutions that are being reinforced by the first pillar of Justice;

Which is law enforcement. One of the few agencies that are enforcing the laws of our state.

It is the premier law enforcement agency, the National Bureau of Investigation or the “NBI”

(Pambansang Kawanihan ng Pagsisiyasat) which is under the Department of Justice (DOJ).

There are two types of operatives under this bureau which are “Agents” and “Special

investigators” and here are their key differences in the initial selection process and qualifications.

National bureau agents are preferably either Certified Public Accounts (CPA) or Lawyers. Why?

Because in this investigative field, it demands critical and excellent knowledge in Accounting,

Law, Finance, Law Enforcement, Physical Science, and the like.

Moreover, the chance of becoming a Special Investigator is less complex as it only requires entry

programs such as accounting, computer science, law, language, and diversified.

Comparisons aside, we will focus solely on the Lived experiences of the special investigators

and how they handle high-profile cases which are assigned to them by the Bureau. But first, we

will provide a brief history of how the bureau was established.

The National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) saw its inception on November 13, 1936, upon

approval of Commonwealth Act No. 181 by the legislature. It was the brainchild of the late

President Manuel L. Quezon and Jose A Yulo, then Secretary of Justice.

Tasked with organizing a Division of Investigation or DI patterned after the United States

Federal Bureau of Investigation were Thomas Dugan, a veteran American police captain from

the New York Police Department, and Flaviano C. Guerrero, the only Filipino member of the

United States Federal Bureau of Investigation.

On the basis of stiff physical, mental, and moral standards, 45 men were selected as agents from
among 300 applicants. To complement this investigative force was a civilian staff composed of
doctors, chemists, fingerprint technicians, photographers, stenographers, and clerks.

During the Japanese occupation, the DI was affiliated with the Bureau of Internal Revenue and

the Philippine Constabulary was known as the Bureau of Investigation (BI). Subsequently,

during the post-liberation period, all available DI agents were recruited by the US Army CIC as

investigators.

Since then, the Bureau assumed an increasingly significant role. Thus, on June 19, 1947, by

virtue of Republic Act No. 157, it was reorganized into the Bureau of Investigation. Later, it was

amended by Executive Order No. 94 issued on October 4, 1947, renaming it to what it is

presently known, as the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI).

As time progresses and laws are evolving, NBI also plans to modernize its institution to cope up

with our advancing country.

The National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) is seeking to gain more authority as it proposed

amendments to Republic Act 10867 or the NBI Modernization Law before the Committee on
Justice of the House of Representatives. NBI director Medardo de Lemos said the agency has a

"minimal jurisdiction" under the National Bureau of investigation Law, which was enacted in

June 2016.

The gap of this study would like to look into, The National Bureau of Investigation (NBI)

undertaker efficient detection and investigation of crime and other offenses against the law of the

Philippines upon its own initiative and as public interest may require, renders technical

assistance upon request in the investigation and detection of crime and others.

This descriptive qualitative research will focus on the lived experiences of National Bureau of

Investigation, Special Investigators to situation around the world is changing dramatically. Many

cases that the national bureau of investigation handles like crimes or offenses that are committed

against national security, such as illegal possession of firearms, kidnapping, rebellion, and

tourism, are very rampant in our society today. The National Bureau of Investigation needs tight

security and more critical thinking to detect those crimes.

Purpose Statement of the study

This study will be find out the lived experiences of an National Bureau Investigation of

Special Investigator in handling cases. This study will answer the following questions:

1. What are the lived experiences of an NBI special investigator in handling cases when it comes
to crime cases?

2. What are the lived experiences of an NBI special investigator in experiencing an issue that
effects his/her personal life?
3. What are the lived experiences of an NBI Special Investigator in handling cases containing
high profiled cases?

4. What are the lived experiences of a special investigator experiencing an issue that affect their
family?

5. What are the lived experiences of a Special Investigator experiencing an issue that affect
his/her community?
 Chapter 2

Research Design

The study will provide a phenomenological and descriptive qualitative approach as well as the

in-depth experiences of those who serve under the bureau as Special Investigators. Hence

instigating relative circumstances in the National Bureau of Investigation faced by police

investigators in their experiences of their duties during investigation in some cases that they have

handled.

Research Instrument

A series of written and impromptu questions will be asked to collect data and information as to

the lived experiences of those respective Special Investigators. To aid the data gathering, an

interview procedure will be created.

Philosophical Assumption

In any kind of work or study, we always bring a certain set of beliefs as well as philosophical
assumptions. Qualitative researchers understand the importance of beliefs and theories that
inform their work and also actively write about them in their research. John Creswell in his book
“Qualitative Inquiry and research Design “describes these assumptions and frames them into
interpretive frameworks so we can understand their significance to our own research for my
doctoral thesis , I am exploring the feasibility of developing a formalized approach to curriculum
mapping with the goal of developing a feature complete software solution. Before I get there I
must first define in greater depth the problem I am trying to solve and have chosen to explore
some of the theoretical methods or approaches to qualitative research to better guide my efforts.
When researcher undertake a qualitative study they are in effect agreeing to its underlying
philosophical assumption, while bringing to the study their own world views that end up shaping
the direction of their research Creswell describes the following four philosophical assumption.

Ontological (The nature of reality): Relates to the nature of reality and its characteristics.
Researchers embrace the idea of multiple realities and report on these multiple realities by
exploring multiple form of evidence from different individual perspectives and experiences.

Epistemological (How researchers know what they know): Researchers try to get as close as
possible to participates being studied. Subjective evidence as assembled based on individual
views from research conducted in the field.

Axiological (The role of values in research): Researchers makes their values known in the study
and actively reports their values and biases as well as the value-laden nature of information
gathered from the field.

Methodology (The methods used in the process of researcher’s experience in collecting and
analyzing the data.

Participants

In selecting the participants, Convenience sampling was used. As typically found in quantitative
research, this does not necessarily suggest random sampling or selection of a large number of
participants and sites. This qualitative design being used determines the sample size. The idea
behind qualitative research is to include individuals who happen to be the most accessible to the
researcher.

This is a convenient way to gather data, but you only survey Special investigators that are
available during the request of the interview and not the entire unit of special investigators under
that specific National Bureau of Investigation District office (BACDO).
Data Collection

On the preliminary conduct of the data gathering, a letter addressed to National Bureau of
Investigation asking permission to gather pertinent information with regards to the conduct of the
study will be personally delivered by the researcher. Initial interviews shall be done to gather
pertinent information about the participants and their lived experiences as National Bureau of
Investigation special investigators on handling cases.

During the conduct of the study, participants shall be interviewed with the aid of guide
questionnaires and audio recording. The guide questionnaires shall be created before the
scheduled time of the interview. Each participant will be encouraged to share as much or as little
of their experiences.

Data Analysis Procedures

Gathered data were analysed using data analysis by using the following process:

The researcher shall listen to and transcribe verbal explanations and interviews. The
researcher will read the data for the first time to grasp the participant’s expressions and meanings
in their comprehensive context and create meaning units to consolidate the data for later analysis.
Furthermore, the researcher may also eliminate redundancy if the data do not add meaning to the
description of the phenomenon. In this phase, the researcher may also identify themes and code
or categorize data (Wertz, 2005).
Trustworthiness of Data

The researcher is aiming to achieve trustworthiness. Lincoln and Guba (1985) described with the
terms of “credibility, authenticity, transferability, dependability and conformability” (as cited in
Creswell, 2013, p.246) by intentionally scheduling at least 30-minute break between interviews
so that the researcher would not be emotionally drained during interviews, thereby ensuring that
participants were completely present and engaged in each interview. With the cooperation of the
Special investigators, we aim to put the knowledge created through our research into practice.
Therefore, it is important that our research is recognized as familiar and understood as legitimate
by researchers, practitioners, policy makers, and the public. Trustworthiness is one way
researchers can persuade themselves and readers that their research and findings are worthy of
attention.

Ethical Consideration

Ethical consideration aims to fully inform about the evaluation being conducted. Participants
need to be made aware of the purpose of the project, who or what group is funding it, how the
findings will be used, if there are any potential adverse impacts of their participation and who
will have access to the findings. The main purpose of this is to informed consent that the
participant is able to make an informed decision as to whether they will participate in the
evaluation or not. Participants are free to withdraw their participation at any time without
negatively impacting on their involvement in future services of the current program and
relationships with any of the researchers or research bodies involved. Confidentiality ensures
such identifying information is excluded from any reports or published documents.
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