New SWAT Team for Pagadian City

Pagadian City Zamboanga del Sur (April 18, 2016)— The Pagadian City Police Station has 10 Police personnel who just graduated from their 4 months training in Zamboanga City as member of Special Weapons and Tactics (SWAT) Team.

Pagadian City Police Chief P/Supt. Michael Palermo said the 10 man SWAT Team has just arrive this morning after they were organized and trained in Zamboanga City.

The SWAT Team is headed by P/Insp. Mario A. Regidor will take charged and ready to any crisis will arise in this city, Palermo disclosed.

Palermo added that a side from the regular PNP members were conducting Police Patrol and Police visibility in public areas around this City, the SWAT Team will augment and take action on crisis situation like hostage-taking.

THE NEWLY GRADUATED MEMBERS

OF SPECIAL WEAPONS AND TACTICS

 TEAM ARRIVED MONDAY FROM THEIR

 4 MONTHS TRAINING IN ZAMBOANGA

CITY PHOTO BY FERDS LIBOR

 (By Jong Cadion)

Police arrest wanted person with 4 firearms in Pagadian City

PAGADIAN CITY – The joint Police operatives of this city led by Police Chief Inspector Rommel Etbew and PNP personnel of Provincial Intlligene Branch Zambo.Sur Police Provincial Office (ZSPPO) successfully arrested the person with warrant of arrest (WOA) for violation of R.A 10591 (comprehensive law on firearms and ammunitions) Friday afternoon in the nearby Barangay Sto. Niño of this city,

City Police Chief Supt Michael P. Palermo identified the suspect as Romulo Sandiag Sudiang. He was arrested at his rented house in Purok Sandayong, Barangay Sto Ñiño during the implementation of the search warrant issued by Hon. Joel G Vercide, Presiding Judge, Municipal Trial Court in cities 9th Judicial Region, Branch 01, of his city issued on March 30, 2016

Palermo said the raid is part of the One Time Big Time Operation that resulted to the recovery/confiscation of the following: one unit of 12 gauge norinco shotgun; two units of caliber 9mm (colt and armcor); one                              unit caliber .38 revolver; two pieces magazine of caliber 9mm; eighteen pieces of 12 gauge shotgun ammunitions; four pieces caliber .38 ammunitions and six pieces 9mm ammunitions.

Suspect is temporarily detained at Pagadian City Police Station for proper disposition. (By JONG CADION)

Crime Volume Decrease in Pagadian City

 PSUPT. MICHAEL P. PALERMO INTERVIEWED BY CNN PHIL. REPORTER

PAGADIAN CITY, Zamboanga del Sur (April 3, 2016) – The police crime statistics record shows that the crime volume in Pagadian City has reduced by 29% in the first quarter of this year compared to last year the same period.

City Police Chief Supt. Michael P. Palermo said “the total crime volume this year has reduced to 146 incident crime with crime solution of 87.54% compared to last year that has 507 incident crime with crime solution of 94.47%”.

Palermo also disclosed that the reduction of index crimes particularly in crimes against property from January to March has a total of 76 this year compared to 132 of the same period last year while crimes against person from January to March was also reduced from the total of 84 this year compared to 86 of the same period last year.

Palermo said “The huge reduction of crime volume was due to the implementation of Lambat Sibat, One Time Big Time Operations and all other programs of the PNP especially the implementation of Patrol101 which increases the police visibility that prevents crime incidents in public places”. 

 

 

 

 

 

Based on the statistics the implementation of the PNP program has a good result in crime prevention as well as in crime solution particularly in shooting incident and robbery cases,” Palermo said. (By Jong Cadion with reports from Ferds libor).

PNP Region 9 Implement random drug test to new Police recruits

Pagadian City Zambo. Sur(April 6,CNN-PH)— The Philippine National Police (PNP) Regional Office 9 has implemented random drug test to 279 newly graduate PNP recruits before their official assignment to different Cities in Zamboanga Pininsula.

Police Senior Superintendent Sofronio Ecaldre, Police Regional Community Relation Officer said that the random drug test is part of Internal Cleansing (Kontra Droga) and part of advocacy program of the Police Regional Office 9 implemented Nationwide to prevent its personnel from using prohibited drugs.

Ecaldre said the 279 newly graduate PNP recruits, will be deployed for Field Training Program (FTP) to Zamboanga City, Dipolog City, and Pagadian City.

Ecaldre said the 45 Field Training Officers (FTO) were Supervisors, 12 Explosive and Ordnance Device Team (EODT) personnel from Regional Public Safety Battalion (RPSB-9), and 22 personnel who are in the CI drug list of R2, and 14 from Regional Special Training Unit (RSTU-9) personnel.

 

 Of the 279 newly recruits 50 were already arrive in Zamboanga del Sur Police Provincial Office (ZSSPO) for their assignment to Pagadian City Police Station. (with reports by Jong Cadion and Ferds Libor).