AN ANALYSIS ON THE WORK PERFORMANCE OF POLICEWOMEN AS PERCEIVED BY THEIR SUPERIORS

Philippine National Police are mostly male-dominated, and females are traditionally working house chores and staying at home or either working in a job but not in PNP. With this, the primary concern of this study is to identify the common assignments given to women police officers by their superiors and to analyze the work performance of women police at the workplace in selected police stations in Quezon Province, specifically the challenges faced by women police as the most evident problem. This study used descriptive method to identify the work performance and the challenges face by women police in the workplace of the selected police stations in Quezon Province. The researchers used Raosoft calculator, from a total of 100 population, total of 80 respondents were needed to conduct the study. The research study was conducted at selected police stations in Quezon Province. It explores the demographic profile, work performance, and challenges of woman police officers in Quezon Province particularly in support-focused assignments such as domestic violence and victim assistance. The researchers have proposed the reconsideration of task distribution for women police officers, providing more tactical roles, work performance analysis, and promotion of female leadership, to make it a more equitable and supportive environment.