BOARDING DURING THE ROAD SAFETY NIGHT POLICE OPERATION IN TEGUCIGALP

Abstract

Night police operations for road security are part of the most important labors in safety matters in the cities because they help to keep the traffic order and to improve actions for preventing and controlling traffic laws and regulations. The purpose of this study is to analyze the interaction between police members and citizens during night police operations carried out in Tegucigalpa. The present study was developed under a quantitative approach being descriptive-correlational in which an observational form to collect data. In the instrument 13 items were included and they were grouped in two dimensions, the first one related to police performance and the second one referring to citizen's response during the operative, the instrument took a random sample of 93 interactions which denoted an index of alpha Cronbach of 0.65 which is acceptable to measure the studied phenomenon. An aspect to highlight in this study is the fact that when the police agent realizes a careful revision of documents with respect without invading the driver personal space, citizens are more likely to respond quickly and appropriate to the police indications.