LINGAYEN, Pangasinan – The Pangasinan Police Provincial Office (PPO) on Monday turned over five patrol vehicles and 358 bulletproof vests to local police stations in the province as part of the Philippine National Police’s (PNP’s) Capability Enhancement Program (CEP).
In an interview aired over the radio, acting provincial police director Senior Superintendent Wilson Joseph Lopez said the police stations of Dagupan City, Bani, San Fabian and Tayug each received a single cab 4×2 Toyota Hilux vehicle.
PPO has also procured its own single cab 4×2 Toyota Hilux vehicle, said Lopez.
“This is only the first batch. I hope that individually, police will have complete equipment. The government is willing to give, but unfortunately, it is not yet possible as of now. But time will come,” Lopez said.
He added that the 358 bulletproof vests will be equally distributed to local police stations, each to have at least seven.
The Philippine National Police received from President Rodrigo Duterte a PHP6.5-billion CEP fund for this year.
With this, the PNP was able to obtain a 98.81-percent procurement of needed equipment, it said in a statement.
The said procurement supports the PNP’s 10-year Modernization Program, necessary for the agency to duly accomplish its functions – to serve and to protect. (Ahikam Pasion/PNA)
