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ASSESSMENT OF THE ORGANIZATIONAL EFFICIENCY AND EFFECTIVENESS OF LEON PNP THROUGH A COMPARATIVE STUDY OF CRIMINAL CASES SOLVED AND CLEARED AS OF YEAR 2009 TO 2013 An Undergraduate Research Paper Presented to: Mr. Hanibal E. Camua Division of Social Sciences University of the Philippines Visayas Miagao Campus, Iloilo In Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements In Political Science 14 Philippine Politics and Government By John Mark C. Calves Jonathan V. Magan Arielle Lois C. Robles March 2014 Assessment of Organizational Efficiency I Page 1 I. Introduction Crime is as old as mankind itself. Since the biblical crime at the Garden of Eden, societies have emerged, laws have been created, and prohibitions†¦show more content†¦Which of the years, from 2009 to 2013, has the most number of criminal cases recorded by the Leon PNP? 2. How efficient and effective is the Leon PNP towards solving and clearing Assessment of Organizational Efficiency I Page 3 the existing criminal cases within the five-year duration? Objectives of the Study This study was conducted: 1. To trace the history of Leon PNP upon its establishment up to the present. 2. To provide a comparative data of criminal rate records within the municipality documented throughout the years 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012 and 2013. 3. To identify which of the years, from 2009 to 2013, has the most number of criminal cases recorded. 4. To determine the prevailing crimes recorded by the Leon PNP and be able to categorize them into index crimes (crimes against person and crimes against property) or non-index crimes (violation of special laws, crimes against the state, public moral, or other crimes) and provide a ratio with the population. 5. 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