Journal of Critical Reviews ISSN- 2394-5125 Vol 7, Issue 11, 2020 EFFECTIVENESS OF BARANGAY TANOD IN CRIME PREVENTION IN CENTRAL REGION OF ANGADANAN, ISABELA Donald Sumad-On Isabela State University-Angadanan Campus, Philippines College of Criminal Justice Education Received: 14.03.2020 Revised: 20.04.2020 Accepted: 14.05.2020 Abstract 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. © 2020 by Advance Scientific Research. This is an open-access article under the CC BY license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) 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 Journal of critical reviews 274 EFFECTIVENESS OF BARANGAY TANOD IN CRIME PREVENTION IN CENTRAL REGION OF ANGADANAN, ISABELA 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. Table 1. Profile of the Respondents according to Age Research Instrument The instrument used in this research is a compilation of Age Range Frequency Percent questionnaires based on the analysis by Rhon Gavin Dantic (2013), entitled "Perception of Philippine National Police 26-30 1 2.95 personnel and population in the Municipality of Aparri 's 31-35 3 8.83 involvement in crime prevention." 36-40 11 32.35 41-45 5 14.70 Adapted a five-point scale to quantify the respondents ' 46-50 8 23.53 responses in each item and as follows: 51-55 6 17.64 Total 34 100 DESCRIPTIVE SCALES MEAN As shown in Table 1, 11 or 32. 35 percent of the respondents NO RANGE EXTENT OF PROBLEMS belong to age range 36-40 years old, which means that majority PARTICIPATION ENCOUNTERED of the respondent implies that most of the Barangay Tanods are matured adults and responsible enough to perform their task in 5 4.50 - 5.00 Very effective Very serious crime prevention. Table 2. Profile of the Respondents according to Gender 4 3.50 – 4.49 Effective Serious Gender Frequency Percent Male 33 97.00 Moderately 3 2.50 – 3.49 Moderately serious Female 1 3.00 effective Total 34 100 2 1.50 – 2.49 Slightly effective Slightly serious As presented in Table 2, majority of the respondents, 33 or 97 percent are male and 1 or 3 percent is female. This implies that peacekeeping is a male dominated activity. 1 1.00 – 1.49 Not effective Not serious Table 3. Profile of the Respondents according to Civil Status Civil Status Frequency Percent Single 4 11.77 Data Gathering Procedure Married 19 55.88 The researcher sought permission through a written letter to the Widow/er 11 32.35 Three (3) Barangay Chairmen for the conduct of the study and to Total 34 100 administer the survey questionnaire in their respective As revealed in Table 3, most of the respondents, 19 or 55.88 barangay. After obtaining permission, the researcher personally percent are married; it implies that most of the Barangay Tanods administered the survey questionnaire to the target respondents. are responsible enough to prevent crime in their own barangay. The researcher also personally retrieved the entire survey questionnaire and the data were tallied, presented in a tabular Table 4. Profile of the Respondents according to form, analyzed and interpreted. Educational Attainment Educational Frequency Percent Statistical Treatment of Data Attainment To give more meaning and relevance on the data gathered, the Elementary graduate 6 17.65 researcher used the following statistical tools: High school 3 8.82 a. Percent. This was used to describe the relationship of a part to undergraduate its whole. High school graduate 10 29.41 Vocational graduate 13 38.23 b. Weighted Mean. Since the items in the questionnaire are College undergraduate 2 5.89 options with assigned points, the weighted mean was selected as Total 34 100 an appropriate measure of central tendency.