Job Experiences of the Municipal Drug Enforcement Unit at Pasuquin, Ilocos Norte

This study was undertaken to discover the Job Experiences of Police Officers under Municipal
Drug Enforcement Unit in implementing “Comprehensive Dangerous Drug Act of 2002” (RA 9165).
The Case Study as part of the qualitative research method was used in this study to explore the job
experiences of the police officers involved in the implementation of drug operations. The respondents
were chosen by means of Purposeful sampling which covered four (4) respondents.
The following conclusions where pedagogical implications were drawn. The results found seven
themes of the job experiences by the Police Officers under Municipal Drug Enforcement Unit of
Pasuquin, Ilocos Norte in implementing “Comprehensive Dangerous Drugs Act of 2002” (RA 9165)
which were divided in to three sections to make it more comprehensive. The study covers the different
job experiences which are challenging, compromised personal and family security, and thrilling
respectively. As to problems encountered by the police officers in conducting operation which resulted
impediment of body worn camera and refuse to witness. The strategies utilized by the Police Officers
which found to be compartmentalization and Balay Silangan respectively.
This study would open up the consciousness of higher authorities towards positive and negative
job experiences of their personnel’s. The study may serve as an assessment for them to evaluate
whether their unit needs to be improved regarding on different coping mechanisms to overcome the
difficulties brought by the implementation of the Comprehensive Dangerous Drugs Act of 2002 (RA
9165).