Seminar on Contemporary Police Problem Trends in the forms of Police Corruption sabotage of the investigation process in exchange

1. Drugs - became the major driver of corruption replacing for money or other things for personal gain.
Contemporary Police Problem may be Classified into the following: gambling, prostitution and alcohol. 2. Bribery - receipt of cash or a gift in exchange for past of future
1. Police Misconduct - is a broad category.The term refers to a 2. Corruption is systemic in police departments. assistance in avoidance of prosecution.
wide range of procedural,criminal and civil violations. 3. Extortion - common practice of holding "street court" where
2. Police Corruption - is the abuse of authority for personal gain. Systemic - affecting the entire system, group, body or society as a incidents such as minor traffic tickets can be avoided
Misconduct - is procedural when it refers to police who violate whole. with a cash payment to the officer and no receipt given.
police department rules and regulation. 4. Protection - taking of money or other rewards from vice
Standard strategies for reducing Police Corruption operators or from legitimate companies operating illegally
Criminal - when it refers to police who violate the penal laws. 1. Create permanent external oversight over the police with in return for protecting them from law enforcement activity.
particular emphasis on monitoring police officer behavior. 5. Recycling - use or sale of confiscated items and evidence, usually
Civil - when it refers to police who violate a citizens civil right. 2. Holding supervisors responsible for the integrity of their drugs or narcotics.
subordinate. 6. Selective Enforcement - occurs when police officer exploit their
Common forms of Misconduct 3. Reforming merit promotion and assignment. officer discretion e. areglo, balato.
1) Excessive use of physical or deadly force 4. Changing police culture. 7. Internal Pay-Offs - sale of work assignments, day offs, holidays,
2) Discriminatory arrest 5. Creating training programs in integrity for recruits and in- vacation period and even promotion.
3) Physical or verbal harassment service
4) Selective Enforcement of the law personnel particularly first line supervisors. Police Ethics and Community Relations
5) False arrest and imprisonment 6. Creating an effective internal integrity monitoring unit. PNP Philosophy
6) Perjured testimony about illegal searches 7. Annually evaluating the integrity of all officers. 1. Service
8. Making the Chief responsible for enforcing all disciplines. 2. Honor
Common Forms of Police Corruption 9. Proactively investigate misbehavior. 3. Justice
1. Bribery 10. Improving standards for recruitment and training.
2. Extortion PNP Core Values
3. Receiving of Fencing Stolen goods Information about Police corruption comes from several sources 1. Makadios (God-Fearing)
4. Selling drugs,theft of drugs and money from drug dealer 1. Appointed commission/Body of investigation 2. Makabayan (Nationalistic)
5. malicious prosecution 2. Civil and Criminal investigations of police behavior 3. Makatao (Humane)
6. Making false report and committing perjury 3. Investigations undertaken by the police themselves
7. Protecting illegal gambling 4. Accounts by public media Ethical Acts to be Observed by PNP members
8. Theft of seized property 5. Observations by outside witnesses 1. Morality
9. Receiving discounts on purchases 6. Surveys of police officers and the public 2. Judicious use of authority
10. Selling information about police operation 7. Accounts by people involved in corrupt activity 3. Integrity
4. Justice
What are the safeguards against police misconduct Being on the Pad - this phrase is associated with bribery and 5. Humility
1) Establish Code of conduct extortion, a category of police corruption. 6. Orderliness
2) Train new recruit ethically and properly 7. Perseverance
3) Investigate and Discipline violators Police Brutality - actions such as using abusive language, making
4) Establish independent body ex. Pleb threats, using force or coercion unnecessarily, prodding with night Definition of Terms
--Despite legal safeguards and well intentioned reforms, Police sticks and stopping and searching people to harass.  Customs - established usage or social practices carried on by
problems have continued to produce headlines. tradition that have obtained the force of law.
--What can society do against the age-old problem of police Most Common Types of Corruption in the PNP
misconduct and corruption? ans. Monitor and Correct. 1. Case Fixing - subjective imposition of penalties or downright
 Traditions - bodies of belief, stories, customs and usages his/her being or the deepest values and meanings by which people Police Ethics Reviewer 1
handed down from generation to generation with the effect live. 1. Known as the Code of Conduct and Ethical Standards for
of an unwritten law. public officials and employees.
Valor - great courage in the face of danger. Strength of mind or A. R.A. No. 9344
 Courtesy - a manifestation of expression of consideration and spirit that enables a person to encounter danger with firmness. B. R.A. No. 6713
respect for others. C. R.A. No. 9262
Patriotism - love of country and willingness to sacrifice for it. D. P.D. No. 603
 Ceremony - a formal act or set of formal acts established by
customs or authority as proper to special occasion. Discipline - the practice of training people to obey rules or a code 2. It is the transfer of title or disposal of interest in property by
of behavior using punishment to correct disobedience. voluntarily, completely, and actually depriving or dispossessing
 Social Decorum - a set of norms and standard practiced by the oneself of his right or title to it in favor of a person or persons
members during social activities and other functions. Gentlemanliness - characteristic of or having the character of a other than his spouse and relatives.
gentleman. A man whose conduct conforms to a high standard of A. Procurement
Police Community Relation - generally refers to the sum total of propriety or correct behavior. B. Divestment
attitudes and behavior between police and the communities they C. Enticement
serve. Word of Honor - a verbal commitment by one person to another D. Attainment
agreeing to do or not to do something in the future.
Public Relations - a collection of communication techniques used 3. A Fundamental truth or proposition that serves as the
by individuals or organizations to convince an audience about the Duty - a task or action that someone is required to perform. foundation
merits of an idea, organization, program, practice or policy. for a system of belief or behavior or for a chain of reasoning.
Loyalty - a strong feeling of support or allegiance. Is faithfulness or A. Principle
Community Service - refers to the activities whereby police engage a devotion to a person, country, group or cause. B. Ideas
in pro-social activities to enhance the well being of the community C. Customs
beyond law enforcement and other maintenance. Camaraderie - mutual trust and friendship among people who D. Morals
spend a lot of time together. Goodwill and lighthearted rapport
Community Participation - involves members of the community between or among friends. 4. A branch of Philosophy dealing with what are good and bad with
taking an active role in trying to genuinely help the police. moral duty and obligation.
A. Logic
Police Traditions B. Epistemology
1. Spiritual beliefs C. Aesthetics
2. Valor D. Ethics
3. Patriotism
4. Discipline 5. Are Rules by which we make decisions about right and wrong,
5. Gentlemanliness should and shouldn't, good and bad.
6. Word of Honor A. Morals
7. Duty B. Ethics
8. Loyalty C. Values
9. Camaraderie D. Customs

Spiritual Beliefs - can refer to an ultimate or an alleged immaterial 6. Is a Science that treats of the law enforcement.
reality, an inner path enabling a person to discover the essence of A. Police Code of Ethics
B. Military Code of Ethics
 C. Government Officials Code of Ethics directorate in the PNP. 10. PRO - Police Regional Office which constitute seventeen (17)
D. Barangay Tanod's Code of Ethics Regional Offices of the PNP to include ARMM, CAR and NCRPO
3. Ethics - is the capacity to determine right conduct and the
7. It means long established practices common to a particular knowledge of what is right from wrong; specific moral choices to 11. Police Officer – a public servant who represents the disciplinary
community,class, or race. be made by the individual in his relationship with others; the and discretionary power of the state to enforce laws
A. Practice moral quality of a course of action, fitness and propriety.
B. Values 12. Values – are beliefs, principles and philosophies that are
C. Customs 4. Ethics and Values Counseling Center – A facility for spiritual and important,cherished, prized, upheld and defended:
D. Ethics behavioral intervention established in every Police Regional
Office to provide adequate counseling and assistance to police 13. Virtue – the quality of moral excellence, righteousness, probity,
8. It implies the repetition of the same action as to develop a officers responsibility and goodness; conformity to standard morality or
natural, spontaneous or rooted tendency or inclination mores (as by abstention from vices, rectitude); specific type of
to perform it. 5. Ethics and Values Formation Program - This program contains moral excellence or other exemplary quality considered
A. Traditions policies,principles, guidelines and sanctions, all geared towards meritorious, a worthy practice or ideal
B. Practices the internalization of moral values and service dedication
C. Values through the implementation of a systematic values-integration 14. Customs - Established usage or social practices carried on by
D. Habits and intervention program. tradition that have obtained the force of law.
9. It means a regularly followed procedure or pattern in conducting
activities. 6. Moral Recovery Program - The Moral Recovery Program is a 15. Traditions - Bodies of beliefs, stories, customs and usages
A. Traditions movement which aims to mobilize all Filipinos for nation- handed down from generation to generation with the effect of
B. Practice building through the practical exercise of human values in our daily an unwritten law.
C. Values lives as citizens. It is empowered through Executive Order 319
D. Habits signed by President Fidel V Ramos on April 03, 1996, which 16. Courtesy - A manifestation or expression of consideration and
institutionalizes the MRP in all government departments, offices, respect for others.
10. It means observance of social norms as required by good agencies, and government-owned and controlled corporations
breeding. 17. Ceremony - A formal act or set of formal acts established by
A. Etiquette 7. Morale – refers to a person’s state of mind and emotions, customs or authority as proper to special occasion.
B. Ethics affecting the personnel/employee and the police force to
C. Values perform assigned tasks willingly and enthusiastically with 18. Social Decorum - A set of norms and standards practiced by
D. Practice confidence, cheerfulness and discipline to work, which in turn members during social and other functions.
affects the individual performance and organizational goals and
objectives. 19. Salute - Salute is the usual greeting rendered by uniformed
Familiarize Yourself With The Following Terms: members upon meeting and recognizing person entitled to
8. Morality – quality of human acts that leads man to observe a salute.
1. Corruption – is the misuse of authority by a police officer in a “moral behavior”, to be obedient to a system of moral rules,
manner designed to produce personal gain for himself or others; “rules of right conduct”. 20. Habits - Provide the basis for judgments about what is
an impairment of integrity, virtue or moral principle; inducement important for the organization to succeed in its core business.
(as an official) by means of improper considerations (as bribery) 9. Police Discretion – the inherent ability and privilege of a police
to commit a violation of duty. officer to test and use the limits of his power in making a choice
among possible courses of action or inaction (i.e. to arrest or not
2. DHRDD – refers to the Directorate for Human Resource and to arrest).
Doctrine Development; the primary training and education