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By Anthony Vargas, Reporter
MORE policemen will be deployed in the streets
to deter criminal elements from victimizing people, the newly
installed chief of the Philippine National Police (PNP) said Monday.
Deputy Director General Avelino Razon Jr.,
acknowledged on his assumption speech that street crimes are among
the perennial problems that the police needs to solve.
“We shall make our presence felt in as many
areas as we can reach with as many police personnel as we can
deploy. As such I will require the assignment of more police
personnel in the field,” Razon said.
The PNP Chief said that the police in Metro
Manila and other highly urbanized centers will spend more time in
the field than inside offices or stations.
About 90 percent out of the 120,000-strong
national police force will be unloaded for field assignments, while
the rest will man the headquarters, Razon said.
“We shall see more PO1’s and inspectors out
in the field. I will require station and precinct commanders to
actually spend more time in the streets supervising the men on
patrol,” Razon said.
The PNP chief added he would require the
extensive use of the crime mapping system and more beat patrols to
reduce the number of street crimes in Metro Manila and other urban
centers.
“The NCRPO and other city police offices shall
increase police visibility through a combination of fixed deployment
of stations and mobile deployment of patrol vehicles,” Razon said.
The PNP chief added that non-uniformed personnel
of the PNP will have the chance to handle key positions in the
police force previously held by uniformed personnel.
He also called on the citizenry to help them in
weeding out bad eggs in the police ranks by reporting to them the
‘scalawags’ and ‘rogue’ members of the PNP.
Yesterday, Razon formally took over the top PNP
post during a turnover ceremony in Camp Crame from Director General
Oscar Calderon who turned 56, the mandatory retirement age for
police personnel.
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