Police Omnipresence as Predictor of Crime Prevention

Abstract

This study aimed to determine the police omnipresence as predictor of crime prevention in Barangay Mankilam, Tagum City. The researchers employed the quantitative non-experimental research using correlational technique. In this study the respondents are the residents in Barangay Mankilam, Tagum City. Random sampling was used to determine the respondents. There were a total of 198 employees in this study and it was collected accordingly to determine the level of police omnipresence as predictor of crime prevention in Barangay Mankilam, Tagum City. The following summaries of findings were drawn based on the result of the study. The level of level of police omnipresence in Barangay Mankilam, Tagum City described as high. The level of crime prevention in Barangay Mankilam, Tagum City described as high. There is a significant relationship between police omnipresence as predictor of crime prevention in Barangay Mankilam, Tagum City. There is a domain of police omnipresence that significantly influences crime prevention. There is domain in police omnipresence that significantly influences crime prevention in Barangay Mankilam, Tagum City. Furthermore, the result showed that the facilitating engagement and intervention in the police omnipresence were the domain that significantly influence crime prevention since the p-value is less than the significance level.