PALO, Leyte, Oct. 23 -- The regional office
of the Philippine National Police (PNP) has turned over an initial 31 patrol
cars to local government units in Eastern Visayas to boost police internal
security operations.
Philippine National Police (PNP) regional director Chief Supt.
Dionardo Carlos led the turnover of the PHP70.5 million worth of patrol cars,
firearms, and other gears to mayors and chiefs of police on Monday in a
ceremony at the PNP regional command here.
These include 15 units of light machine gun, 224 units of enhanced
helmets, and 329 pieces of undershirt vest for the Regional Mobile Force
Battalion 8 and to the provincial mobile forces battalion.
Thirty-one of the 59 police patrol car single cab 4x2 (Toyota
Hilux) were handed over to local government units in the provinces of Eastern
Samar, Leyte, and Southern Leyte. Other recipients are Ormoc City and Tacloban
City. Each car is worth PHP1.1 million.
The remaining number of vehicles will be shipped to the region
before the end of the year.
The patrol cars are meant to strengthen police operations
intelligence gathering and administrative function of the policemen, according
to Carlos.
“The PNP is doing all we can to provide all the needs of our
police force especially in towns to help in improving their performance and
reinforce their capabilities,” Carlos said.
“We are thankful to all top officials of the PNP headed by
Director General Oscar Albayalde for their relentless support and their hard
work to procure all the equipment needed by our police force,” he added.
The new patrol cars are replacements of old PNP patrol cars issued
to police stations in the region because some of them are no longer functional.
The road condition in some places of Eastern Visayas is one of the
reasons why some police stations had broken vehicles.
Although the maintenance of the vehicles is part of the PNP’s
regular funds, the budget is not enough, thus, they have been asking financial
support of local chief executives. (RTA/PNA)
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