Cordi police, stakeholders agree to up secu measures

BAGUIO CITY – Officials of the Police Regional Office-Cordillera recently met security managers and officers of hotels, malls, commercial establishments, banks and schools in Baguio City and La Trinidad agreed to discuss public safety issues and concerns.

Chief Supt. Rolando Nana, Cordillera regional police director, said the meeting  enhanced working relationship of the PNP and private security sector, with security issues expected to crop up during the Christmas season and the run-up to the 2019 midterm elections.

Nana said the purpose of establishing a better collaboration between the PNP and the security personnel of every institution in Baguio and Benguet and also to hear the sentiments from the security workforce.

A memorandum from the Supervisory Office for Security and Investigation Agencies (SOSIA) which stated that security guards, as force multipliers of the Philippine National Police, should at all times be vigilant and visible while performing their duties, was presented in the meeting.

The Commission on Elections’ rules and regulations on the firearms ban, employment and availment of services of private security personnel were also discussed.

In addition, the crime situation update, operational activities and modus operandi of criminal gangs, monitoring of identified criminal personalities and security assessments and the prevailing cases committed in malls and commercial establishments were also reported and tackled.

Nana said during open forum that peace and order and the security of every citizen is a shared responsibility between the police and the public.

He also appealed to security managers to invest on fully functional security equipment.