COUNCILMAN Arnold “Glavys” Gavenia knows just the right crime-fighting tool—the ordinary tricycle driver—as the routinely crime solving Sherlock Holmes in the streets.
Seriously, the high crime rate in the city, especially with the infrequent extra judicial killings, speaks for the close rapport and cooperation between the police and the motorcycle drivers; this is what Gavenia meant in a huddle with this paper.
He added that the transportation sector, particularly the motorized tricycle drivers and operators’ organization have agreed to help the police by reporting crime occurrences, even traffic accidents on the roads as they take crime prevention measures so that they do not become victims of crime themselves.
The murders happening should be stopped and killings should push concerned citizens to swiftness of action as crime incident reporters, giving out whatever useful information they have, Gavenia explained.
“There has to be a common participation from the transport sector. Now is the time that we will educate our transport sector to get involve. Being ambulant and mobile all the time, they can directly contact or access any police station whenever they notice any untoward incident happening in the streets,” the councilor said.
At one instance, PNP Regional Director, C/Supt. Angelo Hipolito Sunglao revealed that their contingent only has a total manpower complement of 4,615 uniformed personnel and 116 non-uniformed personnel, with a Regional Mobile Group as its primary maneuver force.
As of May 1, 2007 NSO data, Zamboanga Peninsula’s police-population ratio is 1:700, Sunglao said, as PNP Provincial Director S/Supt. Ramon Ochotorena also commented in one interview with this paper the need to augment the police forces to further intensify monitoring, surveillance and operations against criminalities, especially in Pagadian.
This ratio at present is not sufficient to respond the needs of the city in fighting against criminality that is why we need a force multiplier, Gavenia said, like the 2,850 drivers and operators of motorized tricycles scattered around the city streets.
This move by the motorcycle drivers should serve to remind and enlighten city residents that the community can do a big part in various crime prevention measures to adopt by reporting crime occurrences, Gavenia said.
The councilor concluded that he will initiate in the coming days basic education and training on how to gather basic information, suggesting that if drivers have adequate instruction on crime information, it will be easier for them to be responsible and get involved.
Rosseller “Dodong” Duterte, president of the federated motorized tricycle organization, welcomed the idea and said they will support it 100 percent.
REPORT BY JONG CADION
Seriously, the high crime rate in the city, especially with the infrequent extra judicial killings, speaks for the close rapport and cooperation between the police and the motorcycle drivers; this is what Gavenia meant in a huddle with this paper.
He added that the transportation sector, particularly the motorized tricycle drivers and operators’ organization have agreed to help the police by reporting crime occurrences, even traffic accidents on the roads as they take crime prevention measures so that they do not become victims of crime themselves.
The murders happening should be stopped and killings should push concerned citizens to swiftness of action as crime incident reporters, giving out whatever useful information they have, Gavenia explained.
“There has to be a common participation from the transport sector. Now is the time that we will educate our transport sector to get involve. Being ambulant and mobile all the time, they can directly contact or access any police station whenever they notice any untoward incident happening in the streets,” the councilor said.
At one instance, PNP Regional Director, C/Supt. Angelo Hipolito Sunglao revealed that their contingent only has a total manpower complement of 4,615 uniformed personnel and 116 non-uniformed personnel, with a Regional Mobile Group as its primary maneuver force.
As of May 1, 2007 NSO data, Zamboanga Peninsula’s police-population ratio is 1:700, Sunglao said, as PNP Provincial Director S/Supt. Ramon Ochotorena also commented in one interview with this paper the need to augment the police forces to further intensify monitoring, surveillance and operations against criminalities, especially in Pagadian.
This ratio at present is not sufficient to respond the needs of the city in fighting against criminality that is why we need a force multiplier, Gavenia said, like the 2,850 drivers and operators of motorized tricycles scattered around the city streets.
This move by the motorcycle drivers should serve to remind and enlighten city residents that the community can do a big part in various crime prevention measures to adopt by reporting crime occurrences, Gavenia said.
The councilor concluded that he will initiate in the coming days basic education and training on how to gather basic information, suggesting that if drivers have adequate instruction on crime information, it will be easier for them to be responsible and get involved.
Rosseller “Dodong” Duterte, president of the federated motorized tricycle organization, welcomed the idea and said they will support it 100 percent.
REPORT BY JONG CADION