Diversity in Law Enforcement: Study on Work Assignment among Police Officers

Law enforcement is one of the careers which in discrimination and unequal distribution of job is practiced and is usually happening. These happened due to different circumstances like male officers have Physical characteristics and abilities which are more suitable in enforcing the law and apprehension of law breakers. According to Cunningham & Ramshaw (2019), this career is also literally dominated by men because this job is built for them, and female officers is treated just an additional force in law enforcement because they are lacking in characteristics that a law enforcer should acquire based on the beliefs of the researchers. The aim of this study is to let people understand and identify the different roles of gender in Law Enforcement and the differences in their work assignment, especially to promote gender diversity and eliminate discrimination in the law enforcement career and have an equal distribution of job for male and female officers. The study has the following objectives: determine the demographic profile of the respondents in terms of their age, sex, gender, and position in work, identify the most common work assignment female officers are usually assigned, determine the role of gender in deciding the work assignments of police officers, and assess the level of performance of female police officer. The researchers used the descriptive-survey design. The researchers used a survey questionnaire validated by their research adviser in gathering the data. The researchers formulated the questionnaire based on their literature survey that was used as the primary tool in collecting the data. The instrument was structured in the modified Likert fashion on a 4-point scale, ranging from strongly agree to strongly disagree. The major results of the study from the data gathered and analyzed by the researchers which answered the main objectives of the research was; majority of the respondents were around the ages 36 to 45; mostly men; comprised largely by patrolmen/women, police staff sergeants, police senior master sergeants, and police corporals; and that most of them have been in service for around 6 to 10 years. female officers are most commonly assigned in making paper works. There are preference for men over the women in the workforce especially in going out in the field while female officers are preferred to put more time of desk and being called on field for solving tension in different public disorders. Female officers when it comes to their assignments they are highly performing in paper works. The researchers chosen seminar as their major final output. They expected that it will be helpful for the Police organization to have equality when it comes to devision of workloads.