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THE WOMEN AND CHILDREN PROTECTION SERVICES OF THE PHILIPPINE

NATIONAL POLICE CORDILLERA ADMINISTRATIVE REGION

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A Dissertation

Presented to

The Faculty of the Graduate School

LYCEUM – NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY

Dagupan City

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In Partial Fulfillment

of the Requirement for the Degree

Doctor in Public Administration

by:

MELY RITA A. DAVIS

April 2013

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ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

This dissertation would not have been possible if not the guidance and support of

the following individuals and institutions from the initial to the final level enabled me to

develop an understanding of the subject:

Romana O. Fabregas, Ph.D. the dean of the LNU Graduate School and the

chairman of the panel, for her unwavering and intelligent direction to the researcher to

do better.

Perla E. Legaspi, DPA her adviser and presently the DPA program adviser, for

her full support, encouragement and for gratefully sharing her time and expertise to

improve the write-up and the quality of the researcher output;

Josefina B. Bitonio, DPA; Manolito C. Manuel, Ed.D; Cynthia Lopez, Ed.D and

Edwin R. Ferrer,DPA for their patience, guidance and valuable suggestions devotedly

assisted and extended time in putting together the author’s work in an acceptable form.

Dr. Samuel K. Neyney, her statistician for his expertise, patience and unwavering

support for the completion of the needed data of the study.

Ms Joanne Marcos and personnel of the municipal social workers who

dedicatedly extended help to the researcher to select the victims of violence and assist

in them in answering the questionnaire.

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The personnel of the Women and Children Protection Desk from the Regional,

Provincial and Police stations of the PNP in the Cordillera Region who attentively assist

the researcher in providing all the necessary documents and data needed for the

realization of this study.

SPO3 Joel Josefer L. Manao, for his patience to provide logistic support for the

distribution and collection of questionnaires to the group of respondents.

Mr. Reynaldo Gelido, Ms Maria Rhodora Malicdem and Ms Cherrylyn R.

Royeca, the researcher’s DPA classmate for their encouragement to the researcher to

continue pursue this study.

To my husband, Mr. Victor B. Davis, Jr., my children Yvonne May and Vladislav

for their unconditional support and understanding extended to the researcher for the

completion of this study.

Lastly, I offer my regards and blessings to the others whom the researcher might

have failed to mention but honestly and patiently help to complete this study.

Above all, to the LORD ALMIGHTY who continuously shower his blessings,

wisdom and for keeping me in his care until the fulfillment of this study.

Mayl mrad

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DEDICATION

“Two are better off than one, because together they can work more effectively.
If one of them falls down, the other can help him up”.
Ecclesiastes 4:9

lovingly

and

Passionately

dedicated this humble

work to the men and women of the

Philippine National Police for their never-ending

commitment and dedication to serve and protect the rights

of the Women and Children in our country against violators and

abusers.

Likewise, dedicated this study to my very supportive

husband Victor, my guardian angels Yvonne May and

Vladislav, and to all survivors of violence

in the Cordillera

Region.

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DISSERTATION ABSTRACT

Title : THE WOMEN AND CHILDREN PROTECTION SERVICES OF THE

PHILIPPINE NATIONAL POLICE-CORDILLERA ADMINISTRATIVE
REGION
Researcher :: MELY RITA D. ANAMONG-DAVIS
Institution : Lyceum-Northwestern University, Dagupan City
Degree : DOCTOR IN PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION
Date : April 5, 2013

Critic JOSEFINA B. BITONIO, DPA

Reader

Adviser : PERLA E. LEGASPI, DPA

Subject : The Women and Children Protection Services of the PNP in the
Cordillera
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Abstract :
This research sought to evaluate the provision of services provided by the
members of the Women and Children Protection Desk of the PNP Cordillera
Administrative Region . The descriptive-evaluative research design was used in this
study with the questionnaire, interviews as the data- gathering tool in the evaluation of
the WCPD of the PNP services rendered to the victims-survivors of violence in the
Cordillera Region. The types and statistics of cases investigated by the members of the
WCPD of the PNP in the Cordillera were provided by the different offices of the WCPD
of the PNP particularly the Regional and Provincial Offices. On the other hand, the
acquired data from the respondents describes the capability of the WCPD office and
personnel, relative to the organizational structure, financial resources, human
resources, equipment and facilities; the extent of the mandated services provided for
the victims-survivors of violence, level of satisfaction of the WCPD clientele and the
problems encountered by the members of the WCPD of the PNP in providing the
services to its clientele. Based on the findings, a proposal were formulated to enhance
the quality or quantity of the services rendered to the victims of abuses and violence.
Two hundred thirty (230) respondents were employed to answer the questionnaire to
get the needed data, 160 from the police officers and 70 from the clientele of the

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WCPD. In the treatment of the data, SPSS version 20 was used in the analysis of
data, Paired t-test for the determination of the significant difference in the perceptions
of the two groups of respondents on the extent of provision of the mandated services by
the WCPD of the PNP in the Cordillera and Spearman rank correlation for determining
the level of satisfaction of the victims-survivors related to their perception on the extent
of services provided by the Women and Children Protection Desk of the PNP. The
findings of the study were the following: 1) Cases handled by the members of the
WCPD of the PNP are physical injuries, violation of RA 9262, Rape and Acts of
lasciviousness are the myriad cases committed against women; for crimes against
children, rape, physical injuries, other forms of RA 7610 and acts of lasciviousness ; and
for the crimes committed by the Children in Conflict with the law theft and robbery for
intent to gain and material gain, physical injuries, rape and acts of lasciviousness are
the majority they committed. The fact of this case is that 16 children were involved in
the commission of rape where the youngest perpetrator is 7 years old. 2. On the
capability of the members of the WCPD of the PNP, police officers believed that WCPD
investigators are capable in providing the services to the victims of violence while the
clientele respondents states otherwise that on some point along capability on human
resources states that the number of police women assigned with the WCPD of the PNP
is not sufficient to provide the services to its clientele. 3. On the extent of the mandated
services provided to the victims-survivors of violence by the members of the WCPD of
the PNP, perceptions of the police officers that to a great extent the members of the
WCPD provide the services while the perceptions of the clientele is just on average
extent on the services provided to them. 3.1. On the significant difference in the
perceptions of the two groups of respondent on the extent of provision of the mandated
services by the WCPD of the PNP in the Cordillera, there is a significant difference in
the perception of the two groups of respondents on the extent of mandated services
provided by the WCPD of the PNP in the Cordillera. The result indicates that the
performance of the WCPD in rendering service is inadequate in the perception of its
clients. 4) The satisfaction level of the clientele on the extent of services provided by
the WCPD of the PNP is just moderate. This validates the result of the extent of the
mandated services provided to the victims-survivors of violence by the WCPD
investigators to be just on average. 5. On the level of satisfaction of the victims-
survivors related to their perception on the extent of services provided by the Women
and Children Protection Desk of the PNP revealed that WCPD clients is higher with
greater extent of services being rendered by the WCPD. It indicates that the WCPD of
the PNP in Cordillera should strive more to really fulfill the needed services to be
provided with its clients. Likewise, on the level of satisfaction of the victims-survivors
related to the capability of the WCPD of the PNP Cordillera in providing their mandated
services disclosed that the more capable of the WCPD of the PNP in Cordillera will
definitely provide an intense delivery of services to its clients. 7) Lastly, for the
problems encountered by the WCPD of the PNP in providing services the following are
considered a) no imagery tool kit purposely for the children’s victim to illicit information
regarding the incident; b) the insufficient number of female police officers to investigate
cases of women and children; c) lack of training of WCPD officers in handling VAWC
cases and other gender-based crimes and d) service vehicle purposely for WCPD use

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only. Based on the findings and conclusion, the following recommendations are offered.
1. The propose strategies to enhance the services provided to the victims-survivors by
the WCPD investigators must be intensely implemented: 1.a. There should be
budgetary allocations for WCPD to enhance their capability to provide services and to
fulfill the satisfaction of their clientele. 1.b. Increase the number of the female police
officers assigned with the WCPD to sustain the 24/7 availability of investigators. 1.c.
There should be a continuous conduct of specialized training on the Investigation of
Crimes involving Women and children to all WCPD officers to include policemen for
conclusive delivery of services for the victims of violence. 1.d. Purchase of the imagery
tool kit purposely for the children’s victim of sexual abuse to illicit information regarding
the incident.1.e. Issuance of service vehicle purposely for the Women and Children
Protection Desk.1.f. Provide computer sets for WCPD.1.g. Provide communication
equipment to be issued with the WCPD. 1.h. To improve the quality and consistency of
WCPD services, a constant monitoring scheme and or clientele feedback should be
implemented to understand the ways that service can be improved. 1.i. Develop and
sustain the collaborative effort of the multidisciplinary team to meet the specific protocol
designed to meet the needs of the victims of violence.1.j. To prevent new victims of
violence, there should be a persistent campaign through advocacy and the education of
the community in every barangay in coordination with the different member agencies. 2.
A follow-up study should be conducted to cover other areas particularly target
respondents on the level of satisfaction on the services provided for the victims of
violence which is the main purpose of the establishment of the Women and Children
Protection Desk.

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