Saturday, August 18, 2007 Police to hire more cops next year By Syril G. Repe
THE Philippine National Police (PNP) sets to have more cops next year to be deployed in different units in Central Visayas.
Police Chief Ronald Dulay Roderos said this during the 16th PNP Recognition Day held Friday morning at the Negros Oriental Police Provincial Office in Camp Francisco C. Fernandez Jr. at Agan-an, Sibulan, as he was the quest of honor.
He said the hiring is conducted at the regional office in Cebu City for the screening exam. Applicants who passed the screening will be interviewed in the Provincial Police Station.
The newly-hired policemen would then be assigned to the Regional Mobile Group (RMG) for three years of intensive training before they will be deployed in cities and municipalities in the province.
The new directive means 500 more warm bodies than the recruitment authorization she issued last year to the PNP to hire 3,000 new policemen every year.
Roderos lamented that the President's new directive effectively increases the hiring rate of new policemen to 3,500 next year and 4,000 annually from 2009 to 2010.
President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo called on all college graduates who are still looking for jobs to try their luck and apply as policemen. She said with the number of recruits needed, landing a job in the police force would be a cinch.
Arroyo pointed out that the budget needed to hire the additional policemen will be taken from the revenues raised as a result of the strict enforcement of fiscal reforms implemented by the government, notably the expanded Value Added Tax (e-VAT) Law.
