Party-list solon seeks cooperation between PNP, community

CEBU, Philippines – A party-list representative is seeking a strong cooperation between the community and the Philippine National Police to promote peace and order in the country.

Trade Union Congress Party-List (TUCP) Rep. Raymund Democrito Mendoza said it is high-time for every citizen of the country to get himself involved in the PNP’s thrusts and imbue himself with paramount respect to the laws of the land, dedication to public safety and orderliness, and love for peace.

In addition, the solon asserted that the cooperation “would combat the ambiguities that we face in law enforcement, crime prevention, peace and order maintenance, and the safeguarding of public safety, which has been left hanging and fluid over the past decades.”

During the 14th Police Community Relations Month held at the Camp Sergio Osmeña Sr. in Cebu City, Mendoza, who was among the invited speakers, stressed the need to get the civil society involved in promoting personal interaction of the PNP personnel with responsible members of the society under the concept of police-community partnership in law enforcement.

The 14th Police-Community Relations Month celebration is pursuant to Presidential Proclamation No. 764 declaring July as the PCR Month with the theme “Bayanihan ng Pulis at Mamamayan, Tungo sa Kapayapaan at Kaayusan.”

However, the party-list representative cautioned the PNP personnel, that it must first earn the people’s respect by strictly upholding its mandate “to serve and to protect” through PNP’s core values, which are service, honor and justice.

The programs of the Police-Community Relations Group of the NAPOLCOM-PNP is anchored at bringing the police force closer to the civil society and awaken the latter’s sense of social responsibility and instill to them that they are key players in the battle for peace and order. — Johanna T. Natavio/WAB (THE FREEMAN)