STUDY ON THE LEVEL OF IMPLEMENTATION OF THE POLICE COMMUNITY RELATION PROGRAMS OF PNP LUCENA PERCEIVED BY LUCENAHIN CITIZENS

With the active assistance of the community, the police continually carry out their mission of preventing and controlling crimes, maintaining peace and order, and ensuring public safety and internal security. The study's overall goal is to evaluate the Police Community Relations Program's execution in Lucena City, Quezon Philippines. The study employed a descriptive research approach. The Philippine National Police force in Lucena City, Quezon, evaluated the PCR program's execution as fully implemented, according to the findings. The researcher used the descriptive method to systematically, factually, accurately, and objectively a situation or problem. The descriptive method has been used for gathering information about the present existing condition. The researcher gathered data for the study through survey and self – made survey questionnaires as instrumentation used in the research study. After the data has been gathered from the community and police officers, responses gathered from them has been evaluated through frequency distribution for tables, charts, figures, graphs, and percentage in assessing and identifying the Effects of Positive Socialization Towards Reduction of Criminal Offences. Even with little information, the researcher has been able to integrate knowledge and assessed the beneficial benefits of socialization on the decrease of criminal violation and the effects thereof at the conclusion of this study.