Applying the Principle of Bala Dhamma to Develop police’s Competency of Special Operation Sub-Division, InvestigationDivision, Provincial Police Region 9

Abstract

The objectives of this research article were to study an applying and the guideline for application the principle of Bala Dhamma to develop police’s competency of Special Operation Sub-Division, Investigation Division, Provincial Police Region 9. The research sample consisted of 92 of police officers of Special Operation Sub-Division, Investigation Division, Provincial Police Region 9, all of whom were determined by the Kreicie and Morgan’s sample size table. Eight of the key informants were determined by purposive sampling. The employed research instruments were questionnaire and the interview form. The statistics employed for the data analysis were frequency, percentage, standard deviation, and content analysis. The findings were as follows; The overall of an applying the principle of Bala Dhamma to develop police’s competency of Special Operation Sub-Division, Investigation Division, Provincial Police Region 9 was at highest level which specific aspects could be ranked from top to bottom based on their rating means as  follows:, aspect of mindfulness power, aspect of concentration power,  aspect of confidence power, aspect of wisdom or understanding power, and aspect of effort power and The guideline for applying the principle of Bala Dhamma to develop police’s competency of Special Operation Sub-Division, Investigation Division, Provincial Police Region 9, the police officers should be  (1) control thoughts and actions in order to avoid negligence in the performance of work; (2) committed to performing their assigned duties to their full potential; (3) be faith in the professionalism of the police profession in order to have guidelines for correct performance and in accordance with the prescribed regulations; (4) study more in order to develop themselves and gain knowledge in order to develop their operations to be more efficient; and (5) diligent in performing their assigned duties, including trying to solve problems that arise appropriately and legally.