P2 billion allocated to enhance PNP capability

From AngMalaya (Aug 8): P2 billion allocated to enhance PNP capability

President Benigno S. Aquino III on Friday assured his administration’s continuous reforms to boost the capability of the Philippine National Police during the 113th police service anniversary in Camp Crame.

President Aquino cited for instance that under the proposed budget for 2015, the government earmarked Php2 billion for PNP’s Capability Enhancement Program and P100 million more for the construction of 18 police stations in the country.

The Chief Executive said the country aims to purchase more equipment like radio and patrol vehicle.

To boost police service, President Aquino said the government is looking to hire initially 7,439 from the target 30,000 non-uniformed personnel to perform administrative duties in police stations nationwide.

Further, President Aquino mentioned other programs and initiatives of the PNP.

The Chief Executive said the country is acquiring more pistols, bringing the police to pistol ratio now at 1:1.

“Batid din natin ang halaga ng agham at sistematikong pag-aaral sa pagsugpo ng krimen sa bansa. Kaya nakatutok tayo sa pag-upgrade sa ating science and forensic gathering capability,” he said.

The President also cited as examples the procedure on the new Integrated Ballistics Identification System (IBIS) that contains information on all firearms in the country, and the Automated Fingerprint Identification System (AFIS) that can be used for fingerprint comparison crucial to criminal identification.

http://www.angmalaya.net/nation/2014/08/08/2948-p2-billion-allocated-to-enhance-pnp-capability