MAYOR Joseph E. Estrada said he is satisfied with the performance of the Manila Peace and Order Council (MPOC) in the fight against criminality and illegal drugs.
During the recently concluded seventh Regional Peace and Order Council (RPOC) conference held at the Manila Hotel, he cited the 2017 MPOC accomplishment report, showing that its antidrugs operations resulted in the arrest of 4,526 offenders and confiscation of 1,817 grams of shabu, 16,812 grams of marijuana and 231 firearms.
“This happened because of the cooperation of all barangay officials to the city’s police authority,” the local chief executive said in Filipino.
Per the report, the MPOC has filed 2,319 cases in court against law violators, while the Manila Police District (MPD) has conducted 1,161 operations, apprehended 3,100 persons, seized P371,026 and filed 1,137 suits in court.
In addition, the MPD conducted 22,069 checkpoints; 3,567 operations for Oplan Bakal; 25,294, Oplan Sita; 1,914, Oplan Galugad; 80,636, Mobile Patrols; 208, 356, Beat Patrols; and 86 seminars, with a total of 5,765 attendees, among others.
“There were more that the MPOC had done,” Estrada said of their numerous achievements in sofar as performing their duties is concerned.
The mayor cited, for instance, the monitoring and maintenance of peace and order during the Traslacion 2017 and the Bar examinations, where no untoward incidents took place.
He added that they had passed MPOC Resolution 2 series of 2017, approving the new members of the People’s Law Enforcement Board and the launching of Masa Masid program that was participated in by barangay zone chairmen, MPOC members, Sangguniang Panlungsod members and the city government department heads.
Last year several seminars and trainings were held for the 896 barangays on the proper use of public funds through proper planning and budgeting.
From January to October 2017, around 261 personnel from the male and female dormitories received their allowances.
Meanwhile, the fire department visited and inspected about 50,050 of these lodging facilities to ensure their safety from blaze, as well as conducted a couple of Fire Olympics at the Quirino Grandstand in Rizal Park, along with 19 volunteer fire brigades trained and participated in by 52 social workers.
“Overall, I am very satisfied with the good works done by the MPOC,” Estrada said, while noting the big role of the police force as the first line of defense to combat criminality and all other security threats for peace and order, as well as protection of the people.
The city mayor, likewise, lauded all local chief executives of the National Capital Region (NCR) who attended the summit, and underscored their commitment as public servants to discuss, thresh out issues and agree on common courses of action for the most pressing concerns of local governance.
The meeting was led by Quezon City Mayor Herbert M. Bautista, as chairman of RPOC, and NCR Police Office Director Oscar D. Albayalde, as vice chairman.
Estrada serves as chairman of the MPOC, with Executive Director Ericson Alcovendaz and Head Secretariat Rolynne Javier.