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Monday, July 17, 2006
Mobile group goes on foot, again
MOBILE but on foot.
Personnel of Mandaue City City Police Office’s (MCPO) Mobile Patrol Unit have to patrol their beats on foot because only four vehicles are available.
This is the setup until the Nissan Terranos the City rented are reissued to the police.
Like last year, when they had no patrol cars, MPU policemen were forced to walk when checking their assignments.
The vehicles were a great help, especially when responding to alarms. Since these were pulled out, policemen either walk or do their duties using their own motorcycles.
MCPO Director Eduardo Catabas said only four Terranos would be deployed back after the supplier pulled all eight out because City Hall did not pay the rent.
He said the MPU will have to be reorganized to accommodate all personnel.
Multicabs
There used to be eight Nissan Terranos and six multicabs for the MCPO.
But RDAK Transport Equipment Inc. took them all back because the City Government failed to settle its debt, which was almost P3 million already as of May 15.
In an interview, Catabas said other vehicles for the police could not be spared for the MPU.
He already forwarded to Police Regional Office 7 Director Silverio Alarcio Jr. the list of PNP vehicles that need immediate repair.
In a separate interview, Subangdaku Police Station Chief Edilberto Castañeda said the Terranos were very useful in responding to alarms and deterring crimes because these gave them more mobility.
He said a jurisdiction with a big area like his requires that policemen respond swiftly to alarms.
The police station covers, among others, the Subangdaku flyover, Lopez Jaena St. in Barangay Tipolo, and the busy M. C. Briones Highway.
Alarms
Castañeda has requested Subangdaku Barangay Captain Walter Dy to lend the barangay’s vehicle to them when they respond to alarms.
This is not the first time for the police to lose the Terranos.
October last year, the vehicles’ lease contract expired, forcing MPU policemen to go on foot.
They had to be at their respective beats because of the command’s police visibility program, especially that they were assigned in commercial areas and banks. (AAG)
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