TY - BOOK AU - Ceniza,Gerald L. TI - On being crime busters: : viewers of the Philippine National Police anti-drug operation officers PY - 2018///. CY - Cebu City PB - : University of Cebu KW - Drug control KW - Philippines KW - Police KW - Narcotics, Control of KW - Law enforcement N1 - Thesis (Master of Science in Criminal Justice with Specialization in Criminology) -- University of Cebu, May 2018 N2 - The study explored the lived experiences of police officers • the implementation of the Philippine National Police anti - drug operation program. It answers the experiences of the police officers involved in drug operation and the strategies applied in solving the issues and challenges they encountered including its effect on the personal and official career of the police officers. he study utilized the qualitative interview method where the informants of the study were the police officers who were involved in anti - drug operation in Southern Leyte. There were ten ( 10) police officers involved or assigned in drug operation as informants of the study. A purposive sampling was used in selecting the informants who were from top three municipal police stations in Southern Leyte having the most number of drug operations conducted. An interview guide question was prepared for the individual interview and focused group discussion. The researcher after analyzing the responses of the informants. created the themes that addressed the sub - problems of the study. For the lived experiences of the informants in the conduct of drug operation, the researcher came up with following emergent themes: Feeling Great When There's a Catch, Facing Tall and Hard Wall and Being Uncooperative. For the strategy applied by the informants in solving the issues and challenges encountered in the drug operation, the following were the emergent themes: Having the Police Initiative and Securing an Effective Plan. For the effect of operation in the personal and professional career ofthe informants in the drug operation, the following emergent themes came about: Contentment in the Working Performance, Compromised Personal and Family Security and Commendation for the Accomplishment UR - http://181.215.242.151/cgi-bin/koha/opac-retrieve-file.pl?id=b67b58b5e59fb6d094b0b18fd4698a72 UR - http://181.215.242.151/cgi-bin/koha/opac-retrieve-file.pl?id=fb6e36a34b3b19c5f24817206413127b ER -