PNP News Releases 2006

CALDERON BARES PROGRAM THRUSTS FOR 2007

PNP Chief, Director General Oscar C Calderon today announced the creation of National Task Force "HOPE" in response to some pre-election violence that have erupted early on and to prevent escalation of political rivalry.

The Chief PNP said NTF "HOPE" will be under the Deputy Chief for Operations as Task Force Commander, assisted by the Director for Operations as Deputy Task Force Commander and the Deputy Directors of concerned Directorial Staff as Task Force Staff.

Calderon said the NTF "HOPE" will direct and supervise the overall conduct of police operations during the May 2007 election period which starts in January, during which time the PNP will begin implementing the nationwide ban on unauthorized firearms and private bodyguards.

This was among the special concerns that highlighted the discussions during the Command Conference held today among key officials of the PNP in Camp Crame.

During the conference, Calderon outlined the program thrusts of the PNP for 2007 which aims to re-invigorate the action programs on anti-criminality, anti-terrorism, anti-insurgency and internal reform.

The PNP aims to further reduce the number of crime incidents particularly streetcrime which has been significantly reduced by as much as 25.22% during the past 11 months of 2006.

On anti-terrorism, the PNP plans to establish Bomb Incident Centers at the regional level as a complementing effort to strengthen the Three-Tiered Defense System against terrorism.

On anti-insurgency, the PNP envisions to strengthen the Barangay Information Network especially in insurgency-affected areas of the country, and to improve inter-operability with Armed Forces units in counter-insurgency operations.

On internal reform, the PNP seeks to further upgrade mission-essential equipment to move, shoot, communicate and investigate, as a key component of the PNP Integrated Transformation Program.