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Worldwide, it has been said that police omnipresence has always been the best
formula to deter the commission of crimes. The presence of policemen on the streets
or in areas with major public safety problems assures the community a feeling of
security thereby allowing people from all walks of life to freely roam the streets and
leave their houses without worries.
In Japan, they have the “Koban” Police System where Police Boxes locally known as
“Koban” were constructed in communities for wider deployment of policemen
purposely to have a greater grasp of the peace and order condition of each village
and to know the people’s needs, worries and opinions. It is further aimed at
preventing the occurrence of crimes by keeping in touch directly to residents.
In the City of San Fernando, La Union, there are currently nine (9) Police Community
Precincts (PCPs) and Police Assistance Centers (PACs) established that are similar
to Japan’s “Koban”. These are fixed structures built based on the situation more than
a decade ago. However, the impact of urbanization has reshaped the peace and
order landscape of the city meaning there are new areas where people needs direct
police access in their communities. Building new fixed PCPs/PACs entails large
funds, hence, the City of San Fernando Police Station (CSFPS) came up with this
project dubbed as Police Assistance Box in the Schools/Streets otherwise known as
P.A.B.S. which is cheaper and practical but is more responsive because these will
be placed in areas where police and other public safety services matter most.
This project aims to increase and sustain police visibility to prevent crimes in areas
where it matters most and to serve as a post where people or residents can have a
closer access to police and other public safety services.
The police personnel detailed to the police boxes will cater to requests for police
response or assistance, manage traffic, secure schools, key installations and
communities, implement city ordinances, assist tourists and render other public
safety services. To maximize its purpose, the following are the phases of
implementation:
The standard PABS with a floor area of about 4 square meters would cost more or
less Php 25,000.00 except for the basic equipment. Basic Equipment inside the
PABS are as follows:
1. First Aid Kit
2. Mega Phone
3. ICOM Radio
4. Traffic vest, gloves and baton
5. Record book
6. Flash light
7. Digital Camera
Phase V- Activation
The Police Box will immediately be activated upon installation with a 24 hours duty
on a 12-12 shifting.
A. The City Government will provide for the initial fund support for this endeavor
which will later on incorporated in the annual fund allocated for the PNP;
B. Logistical requirements of our policemen detailed to PABS will initially be provided
by the CSFPS; and
C. Support generated from partners will be accepted through PPP.
In Ilocano, the word “pacdaar” means “advice”, “to inform”, “warn”. It is a form of a
prompt warning or dissemination to concerned individuals or groups upcoming
events or emergencies. It has always been said that a well informed and aware
citizen would always be the right formula in crime prevention which in most instances
may result to the arrest of criminals.
With the advent of technology and the growing demand on corporate social
responsibility programs of several business entities, it is easier to communicate with
them and get their support for the various programs of the PNP.
This project aims to institutionalize a system that would increase people’s awareness
and become active partners in crime prevention and solution through massive
information dissemination campaigns using various forms of communication.
Phase 1- Engaging Stakeholders & Drafting of MOU. The CSFPS through its
PCR Section shall communicate and engage various stakeholders like the Business
Sector to include in their Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) programs, School
The PCR Officer of CSFPS will provide updated data on regular basis especially on
crime and disaster alerts to concerned establishments. The PNP P.A.T.R.O.L. Plan
2030 logo of CSFPS and other related slogans shall also be included to let the
people know about what the PNP is doing to achieve genuine transformation.
Further, an MOU shall be entered into by concerned businesses and other entities.
Phase 3 - Text Blasting. Once PACDAAR SNet list of members are completed,
advisories shall be sent to all registered members as needed through our Tactical
Operations Center. (See Annex “A”- Text Blasting)
A. The City Government will provide for the initial fund support for this endeavor
which will later on incorporated in the annual fund allocated for the PNP;
B. Logistical requirements will initially be provided by the CSFPS; and
C. Support generated from partners will be accepted through an MOU under PPP.
The CSFPS through its PCR Section shall communicate and engage various
stake holders particularly the business sectors to include in their Corporate Social
A. The City Government will provide for the initial fund support for this
endeavor which will later on incorporated in the annual fund allocated for
the CSWDO and the CSFPS;
5. SSI Review and Evaluation - The SREC shall meet every 3 rd Quarter of
each year to review and evaluate the Security Surveys and Inspections conducted to
come up with recommended measures to enhance the security of each installation
and to determine their Security Compliance Ratings.
B.O.S.S.- CC Ratings
C. Institutionalization
This project aims to achieve a Drug free City by 2020 through sustained soft
hand and shock and awe approaches with the active involvement of Barangays
through the Barangay Anti-Drug Abuse Councils (BADACs) and fully supported by
the City Anti-Drug Abuse Council (CADAC).
3. Capability Enhancements
Activities OPR
3. Legal Offensive
One of the root causes of crime is poverty. Lack of education is one of the
causes of poverty. Poverty has driven some people to commit crimes to have
something to feed for their families. In slum areas, people starts with neighborhood
crimes until they evolve into more serious and complex crimes motivated by the
intent to gain more money in order to alleviate their families from the hardships of
life. Compared to areas with high literacy rate, crime volume and poverty incidence
are higher in areas where there are low percentage of children being sent to school.
It is a fact that education is one of the best antidotes of crime. With more
people being educated, more job opportunities await them and in effect, the problem
on poverty and criminality is solved. By providing education to the less privileged, we
are creating and opening windows of opportunities and giving hope in achieving the
dreams of these children who may be future police officers or national leaders in the
next generation.
A. The City Government through the CPOC will provide for the initial fund
support for this endeavor which will later on incorporated in the annual fund allocated
for the CSWDO and the CSFPS;
B. Logistical requirements will initially be provided by the CSFPS; and
C. Support generated from partners will be accepted through MOU under PPP
scheme.
The CSFPS BEN 1.0 Team Project joins together the CSFPS, DepEd, City
Government, Barangay Officials and the Community as One Team in forming a
Security Network that would enhance the security of schools and prevent burglary
and other threats in schools. This project shall be known as “BEN 1.0 – 1 Team for 0
Incidents in Schools.”
PULIS ITI ESKWELAAN (PIE) – Bantay Eskwelaan Network 1 Team for 0
Burglary (BEN 1.0)
Number of Security 80 80
Inspections
Number of Security 80 0
Surveys Conducted
Number of Schools 80 13
There were no reported
Visited incidents of robbery and
theft of schools in the
Number of MOU 6 0
city hence, the program
signed is being adopted
province wide.
Number of Security 20 0
and Emergency
Drills or Simulation
Exercises
Number of 25 0
Established BEN
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1.0 Volunteers
Project BEN 1.0 caters Public Schools in the City and may be expanded to
Private Schools that do not have the capability to hire Security Guards or those who
would wish to enter into a memorandum of understanding. It shall be created in
every barangay with schools to ensure the security of facilities, students and
personnel. Indicated below are the members of the BEN 10 Barangay Network.
Barangay Network
Units/Agencies Designation
Principal Team Leader
Barangay Captain Asst Team Leader
Sector Commander, CSFPS Supervisor
Pulis sa Barangay detailed Secretariat
School Representative/ Security and Safety Officer Secretariat
Chief Tanod Member
PTCA President Member
Purok Leader Member
Kagawad Peace and Order Member
Media Representative Member
“Intelligence Led Policing, a key factor in the reduction of index crimes and
increase in police initiated anti-crime operations”
Street Crimes such as Robbery, Theft, Illegal Drugs and other violation of
special laws continue to pose threat to the overall peace and order of the city which
serves as obstacles in the achievement of the City’s Vision as Northern Luzon’s
Center for Health and Wellness by 2020.
In view of this, a sustained proactive approach is needed to make the city a
difficult place for criminal elements and achieve a safer, livable and business friendly
city which is vital to sustain socio-economic development.
Organize BINs, MC Riders Club and other NGOs or anti- crime clubs in the
City as Force Multipliers. They will be utilized in Intelligence and Visibility Operations
and deployed separately as needed.
Engage the City Council for the crafting of City Ordinances that would
strengthen the implementation of Laws thereby giving more remedial measures or
options for CSFPS to implement laws that usually requires deputation from
concerned national agencies. Some of the measures below already exist but have
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been requested to be amended to give more teeth to CSFPS. Below are some
measures endorsed and are currently being studied by the City Council:
d. Barangay Profiling
Utilizing BINs and other force multipliers, each barangay will be
subjected to an in-depth profiling to determine personalities engaged in criminal
activities and those protecting or providing refuge/support to CGs particularly those
involved in gun-for-hire and robbery. A data base shall be maintained for this
purpose.
e. Disruption Operations
a. The City Government will provide for the initial fund support for this
endeavor which will later on incorporated in the annual fund
allocated for the PNP;
b. Logistical requirements will initially be provided by the CSFPS; and
PROJECT BACKGROUND
This project is modelled from the developed Police Assisted Addiction and Recovery
Initiative (P.A.A.R.I) of Gloucester, Massachusetts Police Chief Leonard Campanello in
2015. This is a revolutionary new way to fight the war on drugs by doing something about
the demand, not just the supply. This concept is similar with the principle of the ongoing
OPLAN TOKHANG of the PNP wherein police knocks and plead to all identified drug
personalities to surrender and change their way of life. Under Campanello’s plan, drug
addicts who ask the police department for help will be immediately taken to a hospital and
placed in a recovery program. No arrest. No jail. At present, P.A.A.R.I is a nonprofit
organization whose mission is to support the Gloucester Police addiction initiatives, to aid
other police departments to implement similar programs, and to foster a dialogue around the
unique opportunity for police departments to take direct action against the disease of drug
addiction in their communities. Working in conjunction with the medical community and
science-based recovery programs, police departments can make a difference in their
communities by saving lives from drug overdoses, reducing the number of drug addicts and
opioid drug demand, thereby devaluing a seemingly endless drug supply.
The first phase of P.A.D.A.R.I included organizing supporters and partners for this
advocacy for recovery. The implementing team is working directly with partner Non-
Government Organization, LGU of City of San Fernando, National Government Agencies
and other collaborators. Prior to its launching is the conduct of research for the creation of
position paper by the project team members in order to identify potential stakeholders with
high power and interest for the success of this project. The analysis of profile of surrendered
drug personalities conducted by the project team shall also aid during the conduct of target
audience analysis as far as strategic communication is concern.
With the three recorded shooting incidents victimizing drug personalities at present, and with
all the propagated information being fed in the different media especially via internet, this
shall become a diversionary tactic to ensure that the support of the mass people remains to
be at the side of the police.
Finally, this project shall work to remove the stigma associated with drug addiction,
turning the conversation toward the disease of addiction rather than the crime of addiction.
A number of users who would like to surrender stated that they are very much willing to
surrender but ashamed to be verified as “criminals” and branded as “addicts” by the
community. This also works to create communication strategy in order to influence the
behaviour of the community in preparation for their acceptance to the rehabilitated or
recovered victims of addiction.
The power of social media and the news media will also be leveraged, on a local and
national scale, to promote the work of our partners. This is to develop groundswell of good
will and support for the organizations that have come forward to join P.A.D.A.R.I and to
stand with Law Enforcement in the battle against drug addiction
PROJECT OBJECTIVE
PROJECT DETAILS
PHASE I – Preparation
1. Planning and Research- There are lot of available information in the
internet as far as treatment and recovery is concern.
a. Drug Dependency Examination
This is a requirement before being accepted in a rehabilitation
center. There are identified accredited physician who can conduct
DDE.
c. Multi-dimensional Approach
Drug rehab centers employ many different styles of treatment, from
the traditional 12-step program to psychotherapy or cognitive behavioral
therapy. The National Institute on Drug Abuse points out that no single
treatment or style of treatment will be effective for everyone, but most of
them can be when they address the multiple needs of individual substance
abusers and provide the ongoing clinical and community support
necessary to ensure a successful recovery. These approaches use
medication, support groups, counseling and job training/placement to
create individually customized programs for individual needs. (rehab
center.net)
PHASE II – Execution
1. Operational Concept
a) Intelligence Concept- Intelligence Section of CPS provides the watch
list in implementation of OPLAN TOKHANG. Information divulged from
surrendered drug users and pushers are again analyzed to monitor
drug trends. Intelligence concept concerns the profile of surrendered
drug users to be utilized by this program in classifying them for definite
intervention program available.
b) PCR Concept – OPLAN TOKHANG implementing team embraces the
principles of Police Community Relations. Collaboration with BADACS
and mobilization of Pulis Sa Barangay (PSBs) for validation purposes
also encompasses the concept of PCR.
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c) Operation Concept - The deployed patrollers especially in Police
Community Precincts (PCPs), Police Assistance Center(PACs) and
PABS (Police Assistance Box in Schools/Streets) encompasses the
operational concept. They are meant to familiarize each beat or sector,
thus, the monitoring process is given to them.
d) Investigation Concept- The investigation concept concerns the
documentation of surrendered drug personalities. From their affidavit of
voluntary surrender, mugshots, fingerprints or booking etc.
2. Inter-agency coordination and multi-agency collaboration
a) Regional 1 Medical Center- Treatment and Rehabilitation Center-
The conduct of First Hand Experience Training for the Project Team of
PADARI together with the interagency working group will be
recommended. This training will be requested from RMS 1-TRC
headed by Dr. Joseph Roland Mejia. Research conducted shows that
RMC 1-TRC located in Bonuan, Binloc, Dagupan City, Pangasinan can
also accommodate out-patients from La Union.
b) Local Government Unit- The LGU of City of San Fernando mobilizes
the counterpart of DOH and DSWD under the tactical level to include
the City Anti-Drug Abuse Council (CADAC). This PS already conducted
preliminary collaboration with the local government of City of San
Fernando for the creation of Drug Addiction and Recovery Program of
CADAC. Inter-agency Focused Group Discussion had been conducted
last July 26, 2016 for the conceptualization of CADAC intervention
dedicated for drug surrenderees.
c) Barangay Anti-Drug Abuse Council- They have the highest power
and interest in obtaining the objectives of this project. Capacitating
them in counseling and acting as a support group as part of multi-
dimensional treatment of the group will be recommended.
d) Department of Health- The conduct of Drug Dependency Examination
will be requested to the counterpart of DOH in the city level. This is to
determine whether they are experimental, occasional or highly
compulsive type of drug dependency for more definite intervention.
e) San Fernando City Christian Community- Headed by Pastor
Timothy Warden, and currently the President of Rotary Club of San
Fernando City, this community was analyzed to have existing power
and interest in order to build a better world. SMT of this unit will be
collaborating for the facilitation of by session Drug Addiction and
Recovery Program for drug users ages 14 to 23 years old.
f) Rotary Club of San Fernando- At present, they are formulating a
program for drug addiction and rehabilitation in La Union Provincial
Jail. They will be pursued to apply the same for the drug surrenderees.
1. Monitoring Matrix- The use of Monitoring matrix based from the factors
must be accomplished by this unit.
2. Measuring Tool- Questionnaire will be formulated to measure the level of
awareness, support and participation of drug addiction victim. Level of
effectiveness of this project will also be measured.
3. Assessment Reports- Reports as to the assessments of barangay,
school, church, community or activity must be crafted to document the
development of this project.
PROJECT SCHEDULE