The local police office is expanding the deployment of their personnel in Bacolod City and the rest of Negros Occidental.
In response to the directive of President Ferdinand Marcos, Jr. to enhance police visibility throughout the country, the Negros Occidental Police Provincial Office (NOCPPO) and the Bacolod City Police Office (BCPO) have begun deploying police personnel across strategic points and public areas of convergence.
NOCPPO public information officer, Police Captain Judesses Catalogo, said they are augmenting their patrols not only in areas of convergence, such as public markets and plazas, but also on highways, as police presence thwarts criminality and, at the same time, prompts motorists to be extra cautious on the road.
“We are performing sang gusto sang aton nga Presidente. Sa aton sa NOCPPO, ginapalapad naton ang deployment plan sang aton personnel. Kag, kung makita niyo, naga-blink ang [emergency] lights sang patrol [vehicles] sa checkpoints para mabatyagan gid ang presensya sang kapulisan,” he noted.
Apart from this, Catalogo added that the police are employing “crime clocks” to study the frequency of crimes at a specific time, allowing them to effectively and efficiently optimize police presence in various locations and enabling them to immediately respond to police calls.
“Understandably, kung ara ang pulis naton sa palibot, wala sang krimen nga nagakatabo,” Catalogo stressed.
Meanwhile, for the part of the BCPO, Deputy City Director for Operations Lt. Colonel Lester Leada said that City Director, Colonel Joeresty Coronica, has instructed the police chiefs to enhance the police presence in Bacolod City.
To ensure that police personnel use location sharing under the Integrated Police Deployment Plan to monitor the location of mobile patrols in real time and enable their swift deployment as soon as required.
“[Naga-serbe ini] nga sort of monitoring or audit [mechanism] nga indeed ang police naton ara sa ila respective areas [of assignment],” Leada said.
Despite traffic congestion on city streets, Catalogo added that they are striving to implement the “three-minute response time” to guarantee public safety and order in the community. (PIA Negros Occidental)