COMMUNITY

Community
O Refers to the PEOPLE, ORGANIZATIONS,
ASSOCIATIONS, GOVERNMENT and other
agencies with tasks to work hand in hand for
the promotion of the general welfare of the
people.
Why the community is
treated as one pillar of
the justice system?
O Where we live in our daily existence is the
community itself, we work, we eat, we sleep,
everything we do, and we do it within the
community. The community is everything,
from the National Government to the barangay
government, all are part of the community.
 
The community has an unparalleled role as the fifth
pillar of the Criminal Justice System.
 
In this connection, the community is understood to
mean as “ elements that are mobilized and
energized to help authorities in effectively
addressing the law and order concern of the
citizenry.”

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Sectors of the community which must
be concerned with the administration
of Criminal Justice System

O Family
O School
O Church
O Mass media
O Legislative
O Non-Governmental Organization (NGO)
O The general public
“Peace and order is
everybody’s
concern”
As had been pointed out, crime prevention is not the
sole responsibility of the police but is equally the
concern of every citizen in order to have a peaceful
place to live in.
 The Creation of Police-
Community Relations.
O The Police Community Relations Unit (PCRU) is created to build
and maintain good and harmonious relationship between the police
and the citizens. The latter’s involvement in criminal justice
system is necessary in order to combat and eradicate crimes. The
PCRU can do crime prevention seminars in the community to
educate the latter particularly the barangay officials and Tanods
about their duties and responsibilities in keeping their area a
peaceful place to live in.
How can Police-Community Relations be
achieved?

A. This can be done :

(a) Through constant dialogues between seminars
to acquaint the barangay tanods and the police
aides of their duties and responsibilities in the
performance of their functions in the community.
(b)   The police must follow the rule of law on
dealing with the citizens by performing their duties
in a humble and efficient manner and by showing
the public goodwill.
 Participative Law
Enforcement
O This is known as the Community Oriented
Policing System (COPS). In the Philippines,
this is widely used by the PNP particularly in
developed cities and municipalities. This is a
doctrine wherein the police together with the
community work hand on hand in combating
tremendous and heinous violations of the laws
of the land.
 Team Policing
O It refers to a grass root approach undertaken to bring the
people and the police closer together in a more
cooperative condition. Its distinct feature is establishing
neighborhood crime watch groups for the purpose of
encouraging people to report all suspicious circumstances
and conditions in their locality and the police to take
greater responsibility and interest in preventing and
repressing crimes. Public trust and support are essential to
a successful and fruitful team policing.
Responsibilities of the community
in relation to Law Enforcement
O As one of the pillars or component of the
Criminal Justice system, the community
with its massive membership has vital
responsibilities in law enforcement
The citizens can achieve these roles:
(a)    identifying offenders;
(b)   giving data about the illegal activities and cohorts of
the criminals, and the proliferation of organized crimes and
syndicates;
(c)    volunteering as witnesses;
(d)   adopting precautionary and remedial measures to
diminish crime.

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KATARUNGANG
PAMBARANGAY
(Village Justice)
 Role of the Barangay
O As the basic political unit, the barangay serves
as the primary planning and implementing unit
of government policies, plans, programs,
projects, and activities in the community, and
as a forum wherein collective views of the
people may be expressed, crystallized and
considered, and where disputes may be
amicably settled.
 Laws
O PD 1293- the law “Creating a Katarungang
Pambarangay Commission to Study The Feasibility of
Resolving Disputes at the Barangay Level”  
promulgated on 27 January 1978

O PD 1508- the law “Establishing a System of

Amicably Settling Disputes at the Barangay Level”  

O RA 7160- otherwise known as the “Local Government

Code of 1991”  provides for the REVISED
KATARUNGANG PAMBARANGAY LAW  ,enacted  , on
10 October 1991
The perpetuation and official recognition of
the time-honored tradition of amicably settling
disputes among family and barangay
members at the barangay level without
judicial resources would promote the speedy
administration of justice and implement the
constitutional mandate to preserve and
develop Filipino culture and to strengthen the
family as a basic social institution;
the indiscriminate filing of cases in the courts
of justice contributes heavily and unjustifiably
to the congestion of court dockets, thus
causing a deterioration in the quality of justice;
in order to help relieve the courts of such
docket congestion and thereby enhance the
quality of justice dispensed by the courts, it is
deemed desirable to formally organize and
institutionalize a system of amicably settling
disputes at the barangay level;
 LUPONG
TAGAPAMAYAPA
O MEMBERS:
O CHAIRMAN – BARANGAY CAPTAIN
O SECRETARY – BRGY. SECRETARY
O PLUS 10 – 20 MEMBERS

Members of the Lupon shall be appointed by the Barangay

Chairman.
O The Lupon shall be constituted every three years.
O A Lupon member shall serve for a period of three years.
Basic function of the Lupon
O Essentially, the Lupon must provide a forum
for matters relevant to the amicable settlement
of disputes for the speedy resolution of
disputes.
 PANGKAT
TAGAPAGKASUNDO
 It shall act as the conciliation panel. It is also
referred to as the PANGKAT (Conciliation
Body).
 It shall be composed of three members chosen
from the members of the Lupon.
 They shall choose from among the three of
them the Pangkat Chairman and Pangkat
Secretary.
 The Pangkat shall be constituted whenever
dispute is brought before the lupon.
 MATTERS THAT FALL UNDER THE
JURISDICTION OF THE LUPON:
O those involving offenses that are punishable by the
imprisonment of one year and below, or a fine in the
amount of five thousand pesos and below;
O those involving parties that actually reside or work in
the same barangay;
O those involving marital and family disputes;
O those involving minor disputes between neighbors;
O those involving real properties located in the barangay;
 Venue for amicable settlement
1. Disputes between persons actually residing in the same barangay shall be
brought for amicable settlement before the LUPON of said barangay;
2. Those involving actual residents of different barangays within the same city
or municipality shall be brought in the barangay where the respondent
actually resides.
3. All disputes involving real property or any interest shall be brought in the
barangay where the real property or the larger portion is situated;
4. Those arising at the workplace where the contending parties are employed
or at the institution where such parties are enrolled for study shall be
bought in the barangay where the workplace or institution is situated.
CAN A OFFENDED PARTY GO DIRECTLY
TO THE COURT TO FILE A CRIMINAL
ACTION?

O NO. general rule is that before a complaint is filed in

court , there should have a confrontation between the
parties before the LUPON CHAIRMAN. The LUPON
SECRETARY should certify that no conciliation or
settlement was reached attested to by the Lupon Chairman
 NOTE:
O The amicable settlement shall have the
force and effect of a final judgment of a
court upon the expiration of ten (10)
days from the date of settlement.  

O While the dispute is under the

mediation conciliation or arbitration,
the prescriptive periods for offenses and
cause of action under existing law shall
be interrupted upon filing of the
complaint with the Punong barangay
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