More Than Training: Making Room for Reflection
OZAMIZ CITY - PNP personnel of the Ozamiz City Police Station, led by PEMS Cheryl Lyn W. Ano-os, CESPO, participated in the Moral Enhancement Program together with criminology interns from Misamis University and La Salle University. The gathering was conducted at the Conference Room of the Ozamiz City Police Station along Don Anselmo Bernad Avenue in Barangay Aguada, Ozamiz City. Rather than focusing on operational procedures, the activity centered on the moral and spiritual side of public service. Pastor Adrian Rey Q. Sigba, a CAPOLC member of the Ozamiz City Chapter, conducted the program, bringing a values-focused discussion into a police-station setting where officers and future criminology professionals could participate together.
A Lesson Shared by Officers and Future Criminologists
Having police personnel and criminology interns participate in the same activity gives the program an interesting dimension. The interns are gaining exposure to the realities of a profession connected to public safety, while police personnel themselves continue to take part in activities that encourage reflection on the values associated with their work. The supplied activity information identifies the program as a Moral Enhancement Program intended to uplift moral and spiritual values, without claiming specific changes in participants’ behavior or performance afterward. That distinction is important because the value of a program like this does not need exaggerated results to make the story meaningful; the opportunity for reflection is already worth recognizing.
Values Have a Place in Public Safety
The activity also highlights an aspect of criminology education that can easily be overshadowed by discussions of laws, investigations, policing techniques, and professional requirements. Future criminologists will eventually work in fields where judgment, responsibility, and ethical conduct matter, making conversations about values relevant alongside classroom and practical training. The program concluded on the same date at the Ozamiz City Police Station, bringing the scheduled activity to a close. For Ozamiz, this offers a different kind of positive community story: police personnel and students from two local universities sharing an educational space where professional preparation is paired with moral and spiritual reflection, without overstating what the single activity accomplished.
