The Philippine National Police (PNP) is set to deploy more cops outside schools amid a series of violent incidents in campuses.
PNP spokesperson Police Col. Jean Fajardo shared that field commanders are now mandated with assessing the number policemen to be deployed to some schools and the time to assign them there.
“Inatasan po ng ating Chief PNP, si Police General Rodolfo Azurin Jr. yung atin pong mga field commanders to directly coordinate po doon sa mga eskwelahan doon sa kani-kanilang lugar para alamin po kung ano po yung mga security concerns po nila at kung paano po makakatulong ang PNP po para mas lalo po paigtingin yung mga seguridad sa loob at labas po ng mga eskwelahan,” she said via an interview in TeleRadyo.
She added that more cops will be seen outside campuses before the start of classes and during dismissal.
“Doon po sa atin pong mga in-establish po na mga police assistance desk ay normally may dalawa po dyan na naka-post po dyan at yung sinasabi ko pong mga maximum police presence ay yan lang po yung mga mobile patrol po natin na umiikot po, yung ating motorcycle patrol ay umiikot po dyaan sa mga oras, lalong-lalo na po yung mga oras ng pasukan, may mga recess po, may mga break time, at uwian po ng mga estudyante.”
The PNP made the decision after a 13-year-old student was stabbed to death by his classmate at Culiat High School in Quezon City last Jan. 20, while in San Jose del Monte, Bulacan, a 12-year-old student accidentally killed himself using his father’s gun while at school, on January 26.
— Ronald Espartinez
