TRECE MARTIRES CITY, Cavite – Local Government Units (LGUs) of the cities of General Trias and Imus and the Cavite Provincial Police Office forged a Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) on Community and Service-Oriented Policing (CSOP) at the Cavite Provincial Capitol Ceremonial Hall here Monday.
The signatories to the agreement included Gen Tri City Mayor Antonio Ferrer, Imus City Emmanuel Maliksi, GenTri acting chief of police Supt. Paul Bometivo, Imus City chief of police Supt. Audie Madrideo, National Police Commission (NAPOLCOM) Calabarzon Regional Director Angelito R. Ravanera and Councilor Gary Grepo, acting chair of the GenTri City Advisory Council and chair of the city council’s Peace and Order Committee.
Witnessing the signing ceremony were NAPOLCOM-4A representative Edna Montoya, Cavite police provincial director Senior Supt. William Segun, GenTri’s Association of Barangay Captains president JM Vergel Columna and Imus Liga ng Barangay vice-chair Jerry Vilbar.
The partnership aims “to promote peace and order, ensure public safety and strengthen local government capability aimed towards the effective delivery of basic service to the citizens, ” according to the MOA.
The CSOP introduces a strategic change agenda, policing approaches and development of police operational strategies from the traditional police functions to problem-focused and community-oriented policing system into the new concept of community and service-oriented policing system.
A salient feature of the CSOP concept is to enjoin various stakeholders such as the NAPOLCOM, PNP, LGU and the citizenry from their traditional and separate plans and programs into the integrated programs.
The CSOP also calls for sharing of resources derived from consultation, coordination and cooperation among the various stakeholders thus ensuring strengthened partnerships and collaboration. (Dennis Abrina/PNA)
