Guidelines for Developing the Operational Efficiency of Police Officers in Administrative Department 4 in Provincial Police Region 1

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Phatchara Thongsaricharean
Narumon Anusanpat

Abstract

The purposes of this research were to: 1) study the operational efficiency of police officers in administrative department 4 in Provincial Police Region 1; 2) compare the opinions of study efficiency of police officers in administrative department 4 in Provincial Police Region 1 classified by personal factors; and 3) study guidelines for developing the operational efficiency of police officers in administrative department 4 in Provincial Police Region 1. There were two research methods used in this study. The first stage was quantitative research. the sample group, obtained by stratified random sampling, consisted of 107 police officers in administrative in Provincial Police Region 1 except for the 4th Administration Division. The research instrument was a questionnaire of the operational efficiency of police officers in administrative department 4 in Provincial Police Region 1 with a reliability level at 0.95. Statistical analysis was performed in terms of frequency, percentage, mean, standard deviation, t-test, one-way ANOVA, LSD test. The second stage was qualitative research. Key informants were executives, workers and service recipients, totaling 9 people, who were selected through purposive sampling. The research instrument was a semi-structured interview and data was analyzed using content analysis techniques. 


The research findings revealed as follows: 1) the overall the operational efficiency of police in the 4th Administrative Division of the Provincial Police Region 1 has an average value at a high level. The aspect with the highest average value is work time, followed by work quality, and the aspect with the lowest average value is work quantity; 2) police officers with different genders, ages, education levels, marital status, length of service, and ranks have no different opinions on the overall the operational efficiency of police officers in the administrative division 4. However, police officers with different monthly incomes have different opinions on the overall operational efficiency of police officers in the administrative division 4, with statistical significance at the 0.05 level; and 3) guidelines for developing the operational efficiency of police officers in the 4th administrative division of the 1st Provincial Police Region Administrative Division have 26 action items, divided into 4 areas: Quality of work, with 6 action items, such as organizing training to develop the skills of police officers in the 4th administrative division in terms of laws, regulations, and criteria related to finance and accounting, procurement, and other tasks, so that the officers can perform their duties correctly according to the regulations and laws; Time for work, with 6 action items, such as planning and prioritizing work, giving priority to urgent and important work; Quantity of work, with 7 action items, such as commanders allocating sufficient personnel to the amount of work, so that the workload is not excessive, so that the police officers are more efficient in their work; and Resource for work, with 7 action items, such as surveying and assessing resource requirements for work, and proposing additional budget support from the government or relevant agencies to ensure that there are sufficient resources for work.     

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Thongsaricharean, P., & Anusanpat, N. (2025). Guidelines for Developing the Operational Efficiency of Police Officers in Administrative Department 4 in Provincial Police Region 1 . Journal of Dhamma for Life, 31(2), 253–268. retrieved from https://so08.tci-thaijo.org/index.php/dhammalife/article/view/5097
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