Crime Prevention Strategies in Reducing Criminal Opportunity in Quezon Province

The study aimed to determine the different crime prevention strategies of the police officers and know the level of the effectiveness of those strategies in reducing criminal opportunity in Quezon Province. This utilized the descriptive method of research. The researchers used a self-made questionnaire. The study used simple random sampling. In analyzing the surveyed data, the researcher used the frequency and weighted mean. The data was also tabulated with corresponding analysis and interpretation. Results show that the most common type of sports activity provided by the agency is basketball followed by table tennis. Meanwhile, other sports like tennis, lawn tennis, and taekwondo are also visible. When it comes to livelihood programs all are commonly implemented in the three municipalities. It was also found out, most common implementing laws are putting on signage, giving disciplinary action when needed, and checking and punishing the culprits. Next to these are strict implementation of curfew, punishing the culprits, and monitoring cybercrimes/cyberspace. Thus, advocacy provided is conducting assembly and meeting about crime prevention, supporting crime prevention council and conducting anti-drug campaign. Meanwhile, other campaigns are also advocated such as encouraging the people of the community to report suspicious activities in the community. Among the possible problems encountered by the police in implementing their crime prevention strategies, is the imbalance of police works and workload. In terms of level of effectiveness of different strategies in reducing criminal opportunity, the perspective of the community shows that in all the variables, the strategies became effective. The existence of barangay in the community with no record cases of drug use and pushing falls in the first rank. Next to it are maintaining orderly conduct within the community and maintaining the absence of cases of harassment of women and children and having no incidents of resisting officers without violence. Most of the given recommendations by the researchers are solely anchored with its result wherein the agency is directed to enhance the prevention strategies against crime. A proposed program plan for enhancing prevention strategies was also developed as the output.