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Publish Date : 11-Jun-2015

In fulfillment of his promise to local government units (LGUs) to distribute one patrol jeep for each municipality across the country, Secretary of the Interior and Local Government Mar Roxas will fly to Mindanao today (June 10) to distribute a total of 30 brand new patrol jeeps. Of the 30 patrol jeeps, 10 will go to Agusan del Norte and 20 to Bukidnon. Turnover ceremonies will be held in the respective provincial capitols of the two provinces.

Roxas envisions the patrol jeeps to be used not only in responding to crime situations but in emergency situations as well. Such functions include transporting evacuees or relief goods during disasters. The secretary previously assured all local chief executives that all municipalities will receive one patrol jeep regardless of political affiliation.

This, he said, is one of the main principles of Daang Matuwid, which delivers services to all. Roxas has already distributed patrol jeeps in the provinces of Albay, Sorsogon, Zambales, Bataan, Pampanga, Western Samar, Sarangani, and South Cotabato. The procurement and distribution of patrol jeeps is part of the overall strategy to reduce crime not only in the nation’s capital, but in the whole country as well.

The DILG Chief has implemented Oplan Lambat-Sibat, an intensified anti-crime campaign that employs a “deliberate, programmatic, and sustained” approach. Recent efforts of the Philippine National Police (PNP) through the National Capital Region Police Office (NCRPO) has resulted to more 60 percent reduction in crime incidents in Metro Manila since Oplan Lambat-Sibat was implemented in June last year.

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