LEADERSHIP OF POLICE OFFICERS TO PARTICCIPATION OF VILLAGE POLICE VOLUNTEERS IN DRUG PREVENTION AND SUPPRESSION OPERATIONS POLICR DIVISION OF KHON KAEN PROVINCIAL POLICE

Abstract

This research aimed to study 1) leadership of police officers and participation of volunteer police officers in drug prevention and suppression operations 2) relationship between leadership of police officers and participation of volunteer police officers in drug prevention and suppression operations, Khon Kaen Provincial Police Headquarters, research results found that 1) the level of leadership of police officers in drug prevention and suppression operations was overall at high; 2) participation of volunteer police officers in drug prevention and suppression operations, was overall at high and 3) relationship between leadership of police officers and participation of volunteer police in drug prevention and suppression operations was at very high (rxy = .933) and the multiple regression correlation coefficient in the form of raw scores (b) was equal to .315, .288, .224, and .220 with predictive power (R2 = 871) or 87.10 percent, results of the hypothesis testing found that leadership of police officers had a positive effect on participation of volunteer police officers in drug prevention and suppression operations, with statistical significance .01.