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Monday, June 26, 2006
Asean a chance for ‘world-class police’
AFTER spending more than a month in his post, Police Regional Office (PRO) 7 Director Silverio Alarcio Jr. is urging his men to become “world- class policemen.”
A memorandum of his command policies and guidance distributed to different police offices in the region stated Alarcio’s call for police to do more than what is expected of them.
This is what he calls a “tourist police.”
“As an example, a police officer will book a drunken tourist for drunkenness and vagrancy. But a tourist police will go one step further by offering assistance to that drunken tourist so he can find his way back to his hotel, will offer him a ride back to his hotel so he will feel safe going home,” the memorandum stated.
In his talk with police beat reporters last Friday, Alarcio said the Association of Southeast Asian Nations summit is an opportunity to transform the PRO 7 into a world-class police force.
Saying 60 percent of the country’s tourists come to Cebu, Alarcio said peace and security will greatly contribute to the development of Central Visayas, which he called a tourist haven.
He admitted that security for the summit was a tall order, but said he was counting on other sectors of the community for their cooperation.
Alarcio also wants a regular team of inspectors to visit police stations to make sure that administrative and operational policies reach them and are followed.
The team will also verify if provincial and city directors make regular visits to their subordinate units.
Alarcio also said he could not tolerate enemy offensives against police units.
He ordered his men to “identify critical points for static defense” especially in the police station level.
He also wants the enhancement of intelligence and target hardening.
As for inspections from different agencies, Alarcio, through Chief of Staff Drusilo Bolodo, ordered all stations to treat all spot inspections with care, in case it is a ploy for a rebel attack.
Among his plans are to come up with offensives against rebels, maximize personnel and send most of them out in the field and organize a coast watch against terrorism.
Tinted car windows of patrol cars also caught Alarcio’s attention.
“I see no wisdom on why windows of some police cars are tinted. Please inform the (Regional Operations and Plans Division) to issue a memorandum to all units to remove all tints in windows and windshields of police cars,” he said. (MEA)
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