A TOP official of the Pampanga police office has warned policemen to stop using and playing with their cellphones while they are on duty.
Colonel Alvin Consolacion, director of Pampanga police, issued the warning during the News at Hues media forum hosted by the Pampanga Press Club (PPC) and Park Inn by Radisson Clark on Tuesday.
Consolacion, who assumed his post last in April this year, said he instructed his policemen to perform their duties properly to win the hearts of the people.
He said the Police Community Relations (PCR) may be disolved and become irrelevant if every policeman do his job well.
"Pagdating ko po ng Pampanga, ang unang kautusan ko lang sa ating kapulisan, alam naman natin ang pinasok nating trabaho yung ating pinanumpaan. Wala po akong hiniling sa kanilang extra, ang sabi ko lang ay gampanin ninyo ang tunkulin niyo," Consolacion said.
"Do your job and when you do your job, do it well. Naniniwala tayo na kung lahat ng pulis ay matitino at marunong sa kanilang trabaho, baka mabuwag na ang PCR kasi hindi na namin kailangan magpa-pogi kasi mapapalapit na ang pulis sa puso ng pamamayan," he added.
The police official also mentioned that cops should serve the people of Pampanga wholeheartedly.
"Yung paggawa sa tunkulin mo kung wala kang malasakit, and pulis mag-take post lang sa daan at mag ML lang yaan sa cellhone niya e. Pero kung may malasakit yan lahat ng nasa paligid niyan titignan niya," Consolacion said.
'Isa nga sa napag-usapan namin yan, kailangan mailagay sa isip ng mga pulis na hindi porke ikaw ay na take-post ganyan na lang iyong trabaho na mag-cellphone ka at wala kang pakialam sa paligid mo," he added.
"Baka nabatukan na ang pulis na hindi alam kung sino ang bumatok sa kanya dahil tutok na tutok sa paglalaro ng cellphone," he said.