PUERTO PRINCESA CITY, Palawan -- The Police Provincial Office (PPO) in Palawan said Thursday it had passed the performance audit under the Philippine National Police (PNP) “PATROL Plan 2030” by bringing down the province’s total crime volume (TCV) of both index and non-index crimes since 2015.
PATROL stands for Peace and Order Agenda for Transformation and upholding of the Rule-Of-Law, which is the upgraded version of the PNP integrated Transformation Program-Performance Governance System that tracks the organization’s reshaping to become better in providing public service.
Chief Inspector Salvador Tabi, Secretariat of the PPO Policy Strategy Management Unit, said Thursday in “Kapihan” hosted by the Philippine Information Agency (PIA) that they had decreased the 2015 TCV index and non-index crimes from 2,084 to 1,744 in 2016 and 1,385 in 2017.
“There is a notable decline from 2015 to 2017, and this recorded crime volume involves all reported incidents to the PNP. Not included here were complainants who directly went to, for example, the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI),” he said.
But Tabi said going to the NBI first to report or lodge complaints is a very rare occurrence in Palawan.
He said the reduction in the recorded TCV of the province is owed to “Oplan Lambat Sibat”, the PNP’s fight against crime in a deliberate, programmatic, and sustained manner, and the anti-drug campaigns by the present administration of President Rodrigo Duterte like “Oplan Tokhang” and “Oplan Double Barrel”.
“Based on our assessment, the decrease is due to the anti-drug operations of the PNP,” he added.
Superintendent Juan Calaluan, PPO Policy Strategy Management Unit, said that though the anti-drug operations were only highlighted sometime in 2016, “Oplan Lambat Sibat” was highly implemented in the previous years.
He added that frequent patrolling, the increase in police visibility and presence, Oplan Bakal, and the setting up of checkpoints in strategic locations in Palawan also contributed in the drop of the TCV in the province.
“There was also ‘Oplan Lambat Sibat’ launched in 2015, and this was the fight against crimes in the province. This contributed to the notable decrease in the crime volume until last year, and until now, it is being implemented,” Calaluan said.
He said that passing the performance audit means that the provincial PPO is helping in the achievement of the visions of PATROL Plan 2030 under four stages – implementation, compliance, proficiency, and institutionalization.
Tabi said the plan keeps the PNP on its toes as it has strategies that are responsive at all times to the needs of the communities.
He added that though they have passed the performance audit, they are still waiting for the proficiency evaluation results to know the full scorecard for 2017 of the PPO.
“We just want the public to know that the PNP leadership is very sincere to change the bad image of the police. Right now, the focus is on how the police personnel themselves will contribute to changing the whole image of the organization. We know that despite the fact that our rating is acceptable, we know there are still many people who do not trust us, who have negative impressions, and these are what the PNP leadership wants to address,” said Tabi. (PNA)
