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Aquino administration remains focused on solving crimes, Palace official says May 15, 2014


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Aquino administration remains focused on solving crimes, Palace official says May 15, 2014
 
The administration of President Benigno S. Aquino III remains committed to efforts to solve and prevent crimes in the country, a Malacanang official said Thursday.

Presidential Communications Operations Office Secretary Herminio Coloma, Jr. said the Department of Interior and Local Government (DILG), and the Philippine National Police (PNP) remain focused on solving crimes.

“Todo tutok pa rin ang ating Pangulo at ang Secretary of Interior and Local Government, at ang chief of the PNP sa sitwasyon,” Secretary Coloma said during a press briefing in Malacanang.

President Aquino regularly monitors the crime situation in the country, Secretary Coloma said, adding that the President receives updates directly from police officers in the field.
“Kaya masinsin ‘yung ugnayan na nagaganap araw-araw. Hindi ito paper-pushing, hindi nakukuntento sa ni-report; hindi naghihintay ng quarterly command conference,” he said.
“Talagang in the course of a day, tinututukan ‘yung mga major developments at kung may mga seryosong krimen, naiuulat kaagad ito sa Pangulo at tinitiyak niya na mayroon kaagad follow-up action at mayroong update.” 

Coloma also cited some of the government’s efforts to thwart and solve crimes, such as hiring civilians to do the administrative duties of policemen, who in turn are deployed to the streets to boost police visibility.

“Madalas ipaalala ng Pangulo ang bilang ng ating kapulisan ngayon pareho doon sa bilang nito noong 1986. Kung ikukumpara natin ‘yung total population noong 1986 sa ngayon, ay dumoble na, pero pareho pa rin ‘yung bilang ng pulis,” he said.

“Kaya, di ba, naalala natin nagpalabas na ang PNP ng mas marami pang pulis sa pamamagitan ng paglibre sa kanila doon sa mga administrative duties. Hindi na ‘yung pulis mismo ang nagpe-perform ng administrative duties; kumuha na ng civilian personnel,” he said.

“Kaya ginagawa ang lahat para mapunuan iyong mahigpit na pangangailangan of more visible deployment.”

Secretary Coloma also noted the importance of police community relations, as well as the role of “force multipliers” in intensifying the fight against crime.

He expressed hope that the Senate Committee on Public Order and Dangerous Drugs, chaired by Senator Grace Poe, would be able to come up with a law that would further strengthen law enforcement.


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