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The Philippine National Police (PNP) unveiled on Monday, November 8, its newly-acquired fleet of P800-million worth of vehicles as part of its modernization program.
The PNP said its latest procurement was a total of 240 vehicles.
“Four days ahead of his retirement, PNP Chief, Police General Guillermo Lorenzo T Eleazar led the commissioning ceremony of 10 utility trucks, 13 shuttle buses, 90 4-wheel drive troop carriers, and 127 police patrol vehicles during simple rites coinciding with the traditional Monday flag-raising ceremony in Camp Crame,” the PNP said in a statement.
The vehicles were procured under the national police’s Capability Enhancement Program (CEP) for 2021 with a contract price of P818,175,766.00. According to the PNP, the utility trucks would be transported to five area police offices in North Luzon, Southern Luzon, the Visayas, Eastern Mindanao, and Western Mindanao.
A total of 13 shuttle buses would be distributed to various police regional offices and to the PNP Academy, while 127 patrol vehicles would be given to police stations. Meanwhile, the troop carriers would be issued to the PNP’s mobile forces and to local police offices in mountainous terrains.
According to PNP spokesperson Colonel Roderick Augustus Alba, the PNP maintains a fleet of 20,000 vehicles. The current fleet of the PNP is roughly 54% of the required 37,000 vehicles needed for police operations nationwide, Alba added.
The PNP’s CEP funds the modernization of the police, including construction of police stations and procurement of key weapons. For its 2020 Annual Audit Report, the Commission on Audit flagged at least 29 contracts worth P1.69 billion of the PNP Special Action Force under the CEP due to delays.
In June this year, a Philippine News Agency report said that Congress would back the PNP’s modernization program. Senator Ronald dela Rosa, a former PNP chief, passed Senate Bill 2004, which seeks to allot P128 billion for the implementation of the CEP for 10 years starting in 2022.
Under the bill, P20 billion would be allocated for 2022 and 2023, while P11 billion would be allocated annually from 2024 until 2031. – Rappler.com
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