ASOG and PNP release study on the factors affecting police performance
05 Mar 2020
Last Monday, Ateneo School of Government presented the findings of its research analyzing performance factors in the Philippine National Police. The study, which started in June 2019, was commissioned by PNP leadership, led by now Chief Gen. Archie Francisco Gamboa, to scientifically determine what factors both build and erode leadership and performance in the police force.
The study found evidence that leadership development both prior to entering and during their service in the PNP is critical in performance delivery. Here, Dean Ronald Mendoza highlighted the important role of the academe in preparing aspiring police officers and young recruits to have the right leadership characteristics and building blocks for service. It also underscores the need for a deeper analysis of recruitment and selection policies, and broader collaboration with PNPA and other schools and criminology colleges. Moreover, Dean Mendoza recommended developing a competency-based training framework that will cultivate the right behaviors and skill once they join PNP, and reinforce the culture of performance and meritocracy in the organization.
The ASOG study also emphasized how more positive-influencing environments or “subcultures” are associated with stronger performance. This entails strengthening the good subcultures, such as My Brother’s Keeper or “squadding”, that cohere with the ideal organizational culture, and at the same time, addressing the issues of the bad subcultures. Good subcultures may be reinforced by finding ways to institutionalize and further root these practices within the organization.
Informed in part by the study, Gen. Gamboa launched Project “Tarung” (Visayan word for discipline and root word of katarungan) which aims to transform the PNP through holistic moral, physical and spiritual formation. Gen. Biay shared the results of the revitalized internal cleansing program (moral), Gen Corpus presented the BMI or weight loss initiative (physical), and Gen. Durana featured the growing interfaith squad system (spiritual). Through these efforts, Gen. Gamboa hopes to gain public confidence and trust and “write a new story that optimistically will reflect and shape to an effective, action-driven and motivated PNP.”
The full study can be accessed through this link.