OPERATIONAL REVIEW. The Police Regional Office in Caraga says the four-day operational review and performance audit of the mobile forces in the area has already started and will end on Friday (Jan. 31, 2020). The review aims to ascertain the operational readiness and performance of the mobile forces in the area. (Photo courtesy of PRO-13 Information Office)
BUTUAN CITY – The mobile forces of the Philippine National Police (PNP) in the Caraga Region are now undergoing a four-day operational review and performance audit.
In a statement on Wednesday (Jan. 29), the Police Regional Office in the area (PRO-13) said the 4th Quarter 2019 review started on Tuesday (January 28) and will end on Friday (January 31).
The review is headed by Brig. Gen. Ronaldo F. De Jesus, the executive officer of the Directorate for Integrated Police Operations in Eastern Mindanao (DIPO-EM).
Involved in the operational review are the Regional Mobile Force Battalion and the provincial mobile forces of the PNP in the Caraga Region.
“The operational review and performance audit is a quarterly activity which aims to ascertain the operational readiness and performance of the mobile forces of PROs in Eastern Mindanao,” PRO-13 police director Brig. Gen. Joselito Esquivel said.
Esquivel said the review will also determine the efficiency of the interoperability of the PNP and the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) in cross border operations.
He added that cross border operations include the intensified internal security operations and anti-insurgency drives in Caraga Region by the PNP and the Army.
Esquivel also noted that internal security operations in Caraga are gaining headway and among its results is the increase of the number of New People’s Army (NPA) who surrendered to authorities in the past months.
The series of surrenders, he added, also indicate the increasing popular support of the people of Caraga to the government, its programs, and services. (PNA)
