Buddhist Integration for Ethical Development of Police Sergeant Students of Training Center of Provincial Police Region 6

Abstract

The objectives of this research article were 1) to study the level of compliance with the ethical framework of police sergeant students of Training Center of Provincial Police Region 6; and 2) to study the relationship of Trisikkha and moral development of Police Sergeant Students of Training Center of Provincial Police Region 6. It was a quantitative research by distributing a questionnaire with a reliability of 0.973. The questionnaire was distributed to the sample group obtained by using random sampling from police sergeant students of fiscal year 2021, class 12, of Training Center of Provincial Police Region 6 derived from Taro Yamane's formula, 266 persons from a total population of 790 persons. Data were analyzed by descriptive statistics for describing the general characteristics of the sample and describing individual factors. Statistics used were frequency, percentage, mean, standard deviation, and Pearson correlation coefficient. The results of the research were as follows: opinion level of compliance with the ethical framework of police sergeant students of Training Center of Provincial Police Region 6 according to the Code of Ethics of Police Officers 2021 was at a high level. But in the aspect of courageous decision and insistence on doing the right thing, it had the mean of   = 3.74, S.D.= 0.53), which was considered the lowest in the overall; and 2) the relationship of Trisikkha and the ethical development of police sergeant students of Training Center of Provincial Police Region 6 found that Trisikkha and the Code of Ethics of Police Officers 2021, overall, were a statistically significant correlation at the 0.01 level with a positive correlation or a correlated relationship in a pairwise manner. Overall, it was at a high level. Pearson Correlation (r) (0.717). When considering the details in each aspect, It was found that the pair of Panyasikkha (X3) and courageous decision (Y3) had the highest correlation (r = 0.688), followed by the pair of Silasikkha (X1) and adherence to the national institution (Y1) had a correlation at (r = 0.629) and the least was the pair of Silasikkha (X1) and the role model of good civil servants (Y7) had a correlation at (r = 0.242).