(Barangay Peacekeeping Operation)
• In the past, the PNP adopted various anticriminality strategy to promote public safety.
• However, most of the strategies are unsustainable because they were just revision of concepts from other countries and not suitable in the Philippines.
• It is along this line that a peacekeeping concept responsive to the unique peace and order condition in our country were crafted. It is called ‘BARANGAY PEACEKEEPING OPERATION’…
A “catchall” anti criminality and public safety strategy (a peacekeeping concept)
It is responsive to the unique peace & order in the Philippines
“The community relies upon the police for protection.
And the police relies upon the community for support.”
“Crime is everybody’s concern”, &
“Public safety is a shared responsibility”
The Doctrine of:
POLICE Eliminate the opportunity to commit crime
(PREVENT) Patrol Operation (Crime detection, Crime prevention, Emergency svc., Order maintenance)
Discourage flourishing of criminal mind(DISSUADE)
Investigation work (Interviews, Interrogation), Information
gathering)
Neutralize the perpetrator of crime(RESTRAINT)
Manhunt (Arrest, Law enforcement, ‘PAGLALANSAG’)
PUBLIC
Refuse to be victim (Preventive Policing) Emergency svc (Disaster), Neighbourhood
watch, Civil action (Environmental Protection)
Refuse to be criminals (Persuasive Policing) Better family, Quality of life, Good Citizenship,
Values/Morality
Refuse to violence (SelfPolicing) Volunteerism, Citizen complaint, Witness,
Suspect identification, Disarmament, Rehabilitation
CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK
COMMUNITY & LGUs
PNP
“BARANGAY PEACEKEEPING
OPERATION”
CommunityOrganizing
MobilizingCommunity
PublicAwarenessEducation
PovertyInjustice
Discrimination
HatredAnimosity
SOFT STATE
Criminals Partnership
IGNORANCELOST FAMILY
VALUES
The PNP leads the fight against criminality through active
citizen involvement
To establish effective community machinery policing
system through community partnership
The PNP employs the Barangay Peacekeeping Action Team (BPAT) as force multiplier
The BPAT shall be composed of different organized sectors in the community (Tanod, youth, women, transport, elders, homeowners, etc.)
Being the PNPs force multiplier, the BPAT shall do the ff: (to support the public safety project of the government)
(a) Community based activities (b) Information Campaign
The BPAT shall be under the direct supervision of the lowest PNP unit the locality
Particularly the BPAT shall function for: (a) Law Enforcement (b) Community Organization (c) Disaster Management (d) Environmental Protection (e) Barangay Conflict Resolution
Note: The above function is also the components of Barangay Peacekeeping Operation
Stage of doing things to:
(A) Prevent crimes - Patrolling - Traffic enforcement - Information gathering
(B) Solve a crime - Arresting offenders - Investigating a crime - Preserving crime scene - Information gathering
Organization and accreditation of groups and allies within the various
sectors of the community that can be tapped to assist in the conduct of law enforcement and other public safety
concerns
It seeks to improve measures relating to disaster prevention,
mitigation, preparedness, emergency response, and
recovery
Initiates and performs activities relating to environmental concern such as
community cleaning program, coastal cleaning, reforestation, waste
management activity, and the like
Amicable settlement of issues/disputes wherein the conflicting parties who are
residents of the same or adjoining Barangay are encouraged to make mutual concession to obtain a peaceful resolution of the disputes without formal adjudication
thereof
AWARENESS phaseORGANIZATION phase, &MOBILIZATION phase
AWARENESS phase – stage of making your audiences (internal & external aware of their duties as BPAT member
ORGANIZATION phase – grouping and accreditation of different sector who can be tapped to do community based activities and info campaign
MOBILIZATION phase – actual deployment of BPAT in accordance with the nature of their function. It includes active interagency linkages with other LGUs, Gov’t agencies or NGOs.