Pretrial detention order and the police function

Abstract

The objective of the research was to demonstrate the relationship between pretrial detention and the police function in the personnel working in an emergency unit in northern Lima. The research was developed under the positivist paradigm, with a quantitative approach, basic type of non-experimental, descriptive correlational design. The population consisted of 188 police officers, from which personnel performing administrative and prevention activities were excluded. The sample size was calculated taking into account not only the level of significance, but also the statistical power (95%), which is why it comprised 141 non-commissioned officers from the North Lima Emergency Unit, and the sample elements were selected randomly using Stats v.2 software. The data collection instruments applied are two survey questionnaires with 12 items each, which are valid and reliable, with a Cronbach’s alpha reliability index of 0.818 and 0.903 respectively. The main conclusion is that the pretrial detention mandate is significantly (p-value < 0.05), negatively and moderately (-.560) related to the police function, in 2019, even the result has a significance level of 99.0%.