Culture of enforcement: A traffic enforcer's perspective

• Main Authors: Sehwani, Reshma G., Serrano, Geraldine F., Villanueva, Andrea A.
• Format: text
• Language: English
• Published: Animo Repository 1996
• Subjects: Volunteer workers in law enforcement; Law enforcement; Traffic regulations; Culture
• Online Access: https://animorepository.dlsu.edu.ph/etd_bachelors/16335
• Institution: De La Salle University

The thesis is an exploratory-descriptive research that employs 15 MMDA traffic enforcers to gain information on the norms and practices that constitute a culture of enforcement . Key informant interviews and field observations are used to cull patterns and trends from the qualitative data. The findings show the considerable influence of their self and job perception, challenges and constraints regarding their jobs, perception of the traffic situation and their socialization into traffic enforcement as contributing largely to a subculture that brings about the practice of bribe taking. Be it the special bond brought about by the language that has developed among the members of their society, the power vested upon them by the MMDA or the bad experiences they have had with the motorists, these traffic enforcers do not think twice about taking bribes and oftentimes even haggle, viewing this act as a normal part of their job. Be it to make up for the low salary being given to these enforcers, to restore the lost power over the motorists or simply because this has become a part of their culture and proves to be hard to eradicate.