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BY RUBY P. SILUBRICO
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ILOILO City – The Police Regional Office 6 (PRO-6) hopes there won’t be deaths and injuries due to stray bullets this holiday season in Western Visayas.
There should be no cases, too, of indiscriminate or illegal discharge of firearms, said Superintendent Gilbert Gorero, PRO-6 spokesperson.
The Philippine National Police (PNP) is observing a “one-strike” policy. Provincial and city police directors, chiefs of police and other commanders would be relieved from their posts if they fail to curb or solve cases of deaths and injuries caused by stray bullets within 24 hours.
As of this writing, there were no reported stray bullet incidents in the region yesterday and on Christmas Eve, according to Gorero.
“We’re happy that Christmas celebrations in the region were generally peaceful this year. Last year there were two stray bullet incidents,” he said.
The posting of policemen in strategic areas – churches, plazas and other spots where people converged – helped a lot in keeping Christmas peaceful and orderly, said Gorero.
“We hope to maintain this until the New Year. We appeal for public cooperation,” he said.
Data from the PNP Directorate for Operations (DO) showed 22 cases of stray bullet incidents with one fatality nationwide from Dec. 16, 2016 to Jan. 4, 2017.
Senior Superintendent Rudolph Dinas, chief of the PNP DO’s public safety division, said a stray bullet case is considered solved when a suspect has been arrested while an incident is categorized as cleared if a culprit is identified but no arrest made.
The PNP directed police commanders, especially in areas with previous cases of indiscriminate firing, to conduct patrols to prevent similar incidents.
“There should be maximum deployment of police personnel because if they will not deploy, another case of indiscriminate firing will most likely happen again,” Dinas said./PN
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