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PNP to send more cops to Makati after Binay’s request

Bea Cupin

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PNP to send more cops to Makati after Binay’s request
The PNP says 346 rookie police officers will be assigned to the Makati city police station, but they will undergo training first and will see action in 2015 yet

MANILA, Philippines – In response to a request made by Makati Mayor Junjun Binay, the Philippine National Police (PNP) on Friday, July 11, said it would allocating rookie police officers and non-uniformed personnel (NUP) from its 2014 recruitment quota to the Makati city police station.

Binay early this month asked PNP chief Director General Alan Purisima for more cops because the 560-strong Makati police force was not enough to secure and protect the city.

In a briefing with reporters on Friday, PNP spokesman Chief Superintendent Reuben Theodore Sindac said they would be assigning 346 new police recruits and 4 NUPs to the city.

But these recruits won’t be seeing action right away. They will have to undergo training and will be felt in the city by 2015. 

The Makati mayor said the city’s 500,000 population balloons to over 4 million during daytime because of transients – students, workers, tourists, and shoppers. The increase puts the daytime police-to-population ratio at 1 policeman for every 10,714 people, said Binay.

A low police-to-population ratio is not just Makati’s problem. Sindac told reporters that, a standing population of over 100 million Filipinos and just 148,000 uniformed personnel puts the nominal police-to-population ratio at 1:675.

“Only less than 200 shy of the ideal ratio of 1:500,” said Sindac.

So far no other city has made the same request as Makati’s. Sindac admits it would be hard to send more police to all the major cities in the country. “One of the solutions we’re exploring is for Regional Public Safety Battalion units or nearby mobile units to augment the daytime population,” he said.

The strength of the PNP has not changed much over the past two decades. “During the time of Martial Law, when we were still the Police Constrabulary, our personnel was at 100,000 to 120,000. Meanwhile, the country’s population has more than doubled,” Sindac said. 

Sindac asked for patience from the public and added the PNP is currently working on moving more of its uniformed personnel out of its offices and into the streets. The police force is looking to hire over 30,000 NUPs to do clerical and technical work in stations and police offices. – Rappler.com

 

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Bea Cupin

Bea is a senior multimedia reporter who covers national politics. She's been a journalist since 2011 and has written about Congress, the national police, and the Liberal Party for Rappler.