NCRPO to intensify anti-crime operations

Miami
April 16, 2008
Story: NCRPO to intensify anti-crime operations

National Capital Region Police Office (NCRPO) Chief, Geary Barias ordered his District Directors to intensify their anti-crime efforts in order to maintain or lessen the recorded low crime rate for the first quater of 2008.

Last April 7, Barias said from the last quarter of 2007 they received 5,108 crime reports and at the first quarter of 2008 they received about 4,574 or about 10% decrease.

In line with this, the NCRPO created 11 anti-crime goals and objectives for the 2nd quarter of 2008. These are: (1) Sustain the 10.27% decrease in the crime rate experienced during the 1st quarter of 2008; (2) Target Criminal Gangs in respective area of responsibilities; (3) Reduce incidents of street crimes and all forms of disorders; (4) Maintain vigilance against terrorists by working with force multipliers or the Armed Forces of the Philippines; (5) Handle mass actions effectively; (6) Establish Discipline Zones across Metro Manila; (7) Improve the quality of Police Service; (8) Eradicate Kotong; (9) HQNCRPO to continue to augment Districts with personnel from Regional Special Action Unit (RSAU) and Regional Headquarters Support Group (RHSG, the five police districts should do the same with their respective stations; (10) to continue the joint deployment and ant-crime operations with Special Action Force (SAF) and NCR Command (NCRCOM); and (11) Helped concerned government agencies deal with the problem of rice hoarding and other related crimes.

The NCRPO held their 1st command conference at the regional headquarters in Camp Bagong Diwa, Bicutan, Taguig, City which was attended by all District Directors, Chief of Police and other regional special unit commanders. He instructed his commanders to be proactive in their own crime reduction objectives by instituting more aggressive measures in targeting criminal gangs and in crime reduction and prevention such as the improvement of their respective dragnet operations.

Barias noted there are many bank robbery hold-up happened during the first quarter of 2008, “Of course, we want to avoid this. By doing this, we have to develop also the machineries of the districts.”

The NCRPO want their radio unit to be upgraded and be connected to all units especially on the District Tactical Operations Center of the districts. This is important so that the police can be able to run after the criminals after an incident and be able to inform other districts to help them capture the criminals who will might run on their districts.

He is also hoping that the discipline zone project of Quezon City will also be implemented in the whole Metro Manila. The discipline zone project dubbed as Sumunod sa Batas Zone on the whole stretch of Commonwealth Avenue from Philcoa to Fairview. The project will be implemented by the end of April.

“If this will be successful, we will apply it on the whole NCR in the hope to decrease the crime rate in Metro Manila,” Barias added.

They are also planning to have shotguns or baby armalite to all their patrol cars because according to Barias most criminals have high-end guns.