President Duterte has recently appointed former Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) Undersecretary Edilberto Dela Cruz Leonardo as commissioner of the National Police Commission (Napolcom). Leonardo, who represents the law enforcement sector, shall serve a six-year fixed term. Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) Secretary and Napolcom…
(Photo courtesy of NCRPO) MANILA - Philippine National Police (PNP) chief Gen. Dionardo B. Carlos on Thursday night lauded the efforts of the National Capital Region Police Office (NCRPO) for the recovery of some 363 firearms from erring police personnel in just less than a year. Citing the report of NCRPO chief, Maj. Gen. Vicente Danao Jr., Carlos said these firearms were recovered from Feb. 17, 2021 to Feb. 1, 2022. These weapons were immediately turned over to the Office of the Regional Supply Accountable Officer-NCRPO for proper disposition. Carlos said "Bawi operations" were conducted by the Regional Task Group led to the recovery of government-issued firearms from erring PNP personnel. According to the initial reports submitted by the Regional Task Group, 11 government-issued guns were recovered during operations on February 1 alone. These are two 9mm caliber pistols without magazine (Rock Island; Beretta respectively bearing serial numbers RIA1993469 & G44502Z) and
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MANILA - The Presidential Task Force on Media Security (PTFoMS) recently supplied the Philippine National Police (PNP) Media Security Vanguards (MSVs) with the initial batch of the "Handbook on Personal Security Measures for Media Practitioners". These handbooks will be dispatched and coursed through the PNP Public Information Office (PIO) under Police Brig. Gen. Roderick Alba and they will be sent to PIOs nationwide. Alba is also the Chief Focal Person of the Regional, Provincial, and City public information officers of the PNP. These information officers were also recently appointed as Media Security Vanguards by PNP Chief, Gen. Dionardo B. Carlos. "The handbook starts with the Philippine Journalists' Code of Ethics and ends with the PTFoMS Protocols. In between, basic guidance on personal security measures were thoroughly discussed," said Undersecretary Joel Sy Egco, also PTFoMS Executive Director, in a news release on Wednesday. "We are releasing the in