CEBU CITY -- Police officials from South Korea arrived in Cebu and met with their counterparts in the Police Regional Office-7 (PRO-7) on Tuesday to further enhance inter-agency relations between the two law enforcement organizations.
PRO-7 Director Jose Mario Espino welcomed the delegates from the Chungnam Provincial Police Agency (CPPA) headed by Commissioner Kim Jae Won.
Espino and Kim formalized the inter-agency collaboration between the PRO-7 and CPPA by signing a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) at the PRO-7 Conference Room after a short but elaborate arrival honors.
Kim said it is important for them to have an MOU with the PRO-7 considering that most Koreans prefer to come to Central Visayas either for vacation or education.
According to Kim, the two agencies will be sharing each other’s best practices on law enforcement and security strategies during their visit here.
Espino, on the other hand, said they will push through with their plan to set up a Korean desk at every police station in the region to cater to the needs and problems of Korean visitors as well as to handle cases or crimes involving Koreans.
Kim said they are not asking the PRO-7 to provide Koreans special treatment, but he is grateful to Espino for such a plan.
Likewise, Kim said Koreans caught violating the law should also be treated like an ordinary citizen and must be investigated for their crimes.
Kim and other CPPA officials will be in Cebu City for two days. They will visit several police installations to share their best practices and at the same time learn from the locals in terms of improving security and law enforcement in Chungnam. (with reports from Michelle Bugtai/PNA)
