Bantay Dagat Program and Practices: Worklife of the Police Officers In-Charge of Bantay Dagat Programs in the Northeastern Bohol

This study addressed the Bantay Dagat program and practices: the work life of the police officers in charge of the Bantay Dagat program in Northeastern Bohol. Specifically, the study sought answers on the following experiences of the informants as police officers in charge of Bantay Dagat, how the informants addressed the challenges in the performances of their duty, and the aspirations of the informants as Bantay Dagat police officers.
This study utilized a qualitative method of research using a phenomenological approach to describe the experiences of the police officer in charge of Bantay Dagat, employing the interview as the key to data gathering. Ten (10) informants were assigned as police officers in charge in Bantay Dagat of the police station in the municipalities of Anda, Bien Unido, Buenavista, Clarin, Getafe, Inabanga, Mabini, President Carlos P. Garcia, Talibon, and Ubay. All of them were interviewed individually. The researcher made an interview guide containing open-ended questions, and a tape recorder was used to ensure the accuracy of the responses of each informant. The researcher utilized Collaizzi's method, a phenomenological analysis procedure used to analyze transcripts during the conduct of the interviews.

Criminal Justice, Police Community Relations, bantay dagat, Phenomenological research, Bohol

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