RCCDO August 2018 Bulletin

commission of crimes.
On the other hand we have continued our
internal cleansing efforts to enforce discipline
and promote ethical standards in our ranks.
Last year, 76 PNP personnel were either dismissed
from the service or suspended for
various administrative offenses. Our drive to
rid our organization of scalawags, misfits and
rogue personnel will continue even as we
strengthen our disciplinary machinery.
For the past year these have been the challenges
that i faced as director of police regional
office northern Mindanao. It will remain
a challenge until we have fully eradicated
the roots of the illegal drug trade and until
we have fully restored internal discipline in
the PNP.
It was not nor will it be an easy task for me
and future regional directors. But with clear
goals and objectives, good leadership, and
enough passion for public service the task at
hand will always be achievable.
Perhaps among other factors that affect an
organizations success or failure, these are the
things i would like to impart not only to our
new set of club and Ann officers but to all of
us are shall we leaders in our right.
Identifying goals and the objectives in pursuing
them is very important. It should be the
first to be done in any endeavor. It should be
communicated to all so that each and every
member of the organization would think and
act toward attaining not only collective but
also individual goals. In some companies they
term it as target setting. In others they call it
performance targets. Whatever we may call
it, our leaders should set the goal. It is a
leader’s responsibility to know what it is and
how it should be attained.
In our goal to deter crime, our efforts would
include more policemen in crime prone areas,
more patrols, more checkpoints, and more
visible policemen. We sustain efforts to arrest
criminal offenders or those with warrants of
arrest and aspire to solve more crimes as we
can. Along this line, we recruit, train and
equip more investigators to increase our solution
efficiency. This is just an example on
how unit goals are accomplished in the PNP.
On leadership, I remember how we define it
in PMA.” It is the art and science of influencing
and directing men in order to get their
willing obedience and cooperation to accomplish
the mission.” some define it was also an
“art of motivating and inspiring others to
want to struggle for shared aspiration.”
I think an important factor in leadership is the
willingness to be a leader. The most effective
leaders i know are those who decide and
commit themselves to take on the responsibility.
A person who does not want to be responsible
and accountable should not be
vested with authority to lead others. He can-
Continued, p.25, Editorial
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