Variation in well-being across Law

Abstract

The study looks into the difference in the well-being of officers in various Law-Enforcement Agencies in terms of salary, workplace, opportunities and recruitment processes. The Law-Enforcement Agencies are: the Philippine National Police, the Bureau of Jail Management and Penology, and the Bureau of Fire Protection in Cebu City. The rationale for this study is motivated by the observation that more aspirants want to be accommodated in the PNP, then in the other terms of agencies. More over because of the overwhelming number of aspirants to the PNP who cannot be accommodated in terms of the quota, many Criminology graduates end up becoming security guard. Results revealed that the attraction of the Philippine National Police (PNP) as a job destination for graduates of Criminology stems from the better well-being perceptions for the agency. In particular, there are better opportunities for promotion and benefits at PNP than at the BFP and the BJMP and, likewise, for the number and frequency of recruitment in the agency. These positive well-being dimensions are reinforced by the fact that in terms of workload and work pressure, the three agencies have equally high ratings. In other words, for the same level of work and stress, the PNP offers better opportunities for the growth and development than the other two agencies.