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PRO2 ANNUAL ACCOMPLISHMENT REPORT CY 2020 (January 1, 2020 PRO2 ANNUAL ACCOMPLISHMENT REPORT CY 2020 (January 1, 2020 - November 30, 2020) Executive Summary Halfway through President Rodrigo Roa Duterte‟s administration, PRO2 is steadfast in implementing the governments thrust in the fight against criminality, illegal drugs, insurgency and terrorism. PRO2 continues its culture of excellence in the performance of its mandates with utmost respect to human rights and the rule of law. True to its commitment, PRO2 intensified anti-criminality campaign for 2019. The strict implementation of the PNP Patrol Beat System resulted to a significant decrease in the Average Monthly Crime Rate of 20.72 from 27.86 during the previous year. In addition to this, PRO2 registered a Crime Solution Efficiency of 77.77% and a Crime Clearance Efficiency of 96.23% in 2019. These figures are significantly higher than the targets of 68% and 80% respectively. PRO2 conducted a total of 558 operations against illegal drugs in 2019. These operations resulted to the arrest of 896 drug suspects and the confiscation of a total of 195.68 grams of “shabu” and 823,397.85 grams of marijuana. In the operationalization of the Whole of Nation Approach to End Local Communist Armed Conflict (ELCAC) as embodied in Executive Order No. 70 series of 2018, PRO2 played an active role as a member of the Regional Task Force – ELCAC. In 2019, a total of 61 members of the CPP-NPA and Milisyang Bayan members were either arrested or surrendered while 31 firearms of the communist armed group were recovered. It is not a secret that the Philippines is situated along the Pacific Ring of Fire and is frequently along the track of tropical cyclones making it prone to natural disasters. To help mitigate the impact of such incidents in Cagayan Valley Region, PRO2 conducted a total of 5,111 disaster preparedness activities. Unfortunately, disaster did strike with the Batanes Earthquakes and Tropical Cyclones “Quiel”, “Ramon”, and “Sara” prompting PRO2 to conduct 311 disaster response operations in aid of affected communities. In building a cultural identity known as the “Valley Cops”, 192 Programmed and Un- programmed In-service Trainings were conducted in PRO2 benefitting 217,491 personnel. 47,657 medals were also awarded to deserving personnel in 2019. PRO2 also supported the PNP‟s Revitalized Internal Cleansing with 55 administrative cases filed against 56 personnel. Of these cases, 38 were resolved, six (6) were dismissed while 11 are still under summary hearing proceedings. The above accomplishments would not have been possible without the overwhelming support of PRO2‟s stakeholders. This is evidenced by the assistance received by this PRO amounting to 49,242,085.43 and the acquisition of 25 motorcycles from the LGUs in 2019. In the Client Satisfaction Survey, PRO2 did not receive any negative feedback while gathering a total of 31,027 positive feedbacks. This is an indicator that the service of this PRO is being felt and appreciated by the community it serves. PRO2 is committed to sustain the gains of 2019 through the further improvement of Crime Clearance and Crime Solution Efficiency, reduction of Index Crimes and clearing of Drug- Affected Barangays in 2020. Resource Management Optimize utilization of financial and logistical resources 1. Financial Management For the Maintenance and Other Operating Expenses (MOOE), PRO2 received the amounted of PHP 254,058,750.00 and is being utilized for the following programs: Programs Amount Personnel & Records Management 3,220,341.67 HRDD 13,277,595.83 Health Service 69,327,041.67 Logistics Services 132,777,700.00 Intelligence Services 3,586,962.50 Operation Services 7,765,220.83 Police Community Relations 8,521,104.17 Investigation Services 2,879,845.83 GAD 12,702,937.50 TOTAL > > > 254,058,750.00 On Capital Outlay, PRO2 received the amount of PHP 3,984,000.00 purposely for the construction of Type B/C Police Stations of Quezon Municipal Police Station (Phase 2). On Trust Receipt Funded Projects, PRO2 received the amount of Php 12,113,657.30 for the following projects: NAME OF PROJECTS AMOUNT Rehabilitation of Piston Baker, Camp Marcelo A Adduru, Tuguegarao City 2,723,243.36 Replacement of Aluminum casement Window Grills, Ballesteros MPS Building, 359,039.05 Ballesteros Cagayan Replacement of Tiles at New Command Group Office, Admin Building 141,551.09 Streetlight (Gate to PNCO Quarters) Camp Marcelo A Adduru 159,039.05 Constructions of Projects of Regional Crime Laboratory Office (Phase 3) 7,996,921.50 Construction of Restroom PRO2 Transformation Lounge 733,863.25 TOTAL 12,113,657.30 2. Logistics Management Police Regional Office 2 has been consistently optimizing its effectiveness and productivity of the daily operations of our police units through providing necessary logistical resources: Move PRO2 has a total of 717 (566 organic; 17 Donated; and 143 Loaned) units of vehicles consisting of 2 Ambulance; 16 light personnel carrier/pick-up 4x4; 50 Light Transport Vehicle; 1 Mini Bus (Coaster); 359 motorcycles; 24 Patrol Cars; 246 Patrol Jeeps; 9 Personnel Carrier 4X4; 1 for Special Purpose Vehicle; 2 Troop Carrier; 2 Utility Trucks; and 5 Vans. VEHICLES SVC UNSV BER ORGANIC DONATED LOANED TOTAL Light personnel carrier 4x4 16 0 0 14 0 2 16 Light transport vehicle 48 1 1 45 0 5 50 Mini-bus 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 Motorcycle 345 5 13 244 9 115 359 Patrol car 19 2 3 20 0 4 24 Patrol jeep 214 12 21 228 3 15 246 Personnel carrier 4x4 9 0 0 8 0 1 9 Special purpose vehicle 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 Troop carrier 2 0 0 2 0 0 2 Utility truck 2 0 0 2 0 0 2 Van 5 0 0 2 2 1 5 Van/Ambulance 2 0 0 0 2 2 TOTAL 664 20 38 566 17 143 717 Shoot On shoot capability, PRO2 is equipped with 4,484 long firearms (4353 serviceable; 95 unserviceable; 36 BER) and 8293 short firearms (8,100 serviceable; 113 unserviceable; 80 BER) NOMENCLATURE ON Hand SVC UNSVC BER STOCK(SVC) Long Firearms 4484 4065 95 36 288 Short Firearms 8293 7315 113 80 785 TOTAL 12,777 11,380 208 116 1,073 On the percentage filled-up for long firearms, PRO2 is in the 87.76% or out of 7,728 PNP personnel in this PRO, 4,275 of which were already has an issued long firearms. The issuance of long firearms was based on the guidelines under the Memorandum Circular 2006- 021 that only Public Safety Forces or high-risk Police Stations are advised to have 100% long firearms vis-à-vis their total strength, while only 50% of total strength of personnel assigned in the non-high risk stations will be issued long firearms. Further, this PRO has 132 crew served weapons, one (1) Tikka rifle and one (1) sniper rifle. FIREPOWER PERCENTAGE FILLED-UP LONG FIREARM Nr of Issued Authorize No. of % Filled- No. of Personnel Variance Unit Long Long Firearms Up (P) (A-B) Firearms (A) (B) (A/B)*100 RHQ&RHSD 346 40 173 -133 23% RPHAS 1142 0 0 0 0 RMFB2 679 677 679 -2 100% BATANES PPO 165 88 113 -25 78% CAGAYAN PPO 1840 1056 1,299 -243 81% ISABELA PPO 1863 995 1,280 -285 78% N. VIZCAYA PPO 789 631 640 -9 99% QUIRINO PPO 505 492 422 70 117% SANTIAGO CPO 399 296 265 31 112% TOTAL 7728 4275 4871 -596 87.76% LONG FIREARMS UNDER RSAO UNIT Unserviceable BER STOCK TOTAL RSAO 219 27 46 292 On the percentage of short firearms, PRO2 is in the 95% or out of 7728 personnel in this PRO, 7,378 of which has issued short firearms. SHORT FIREARM Nr of Issued Authorize No. of No. of % Filled- Unit Short Short Firearms Variance Personnel (P) Up Firearms (A) (B) RHQ&RHSD 346 346 346 0 100% RPHAS 1142 531 1142 -611 46% RMFB2 679 684 679 5 101% BATANES PPO 165 165 165 0 100% CAGAYAN PPO 1840 2,098 1840 258 114% ISABELA PPO 1863 1,855 1863 -8 100% N. VIZCAYA PPO 789 791 789 2 100% QUIRINO PPO 505 507 505 2 100% SANTIAGO CPO 399 401 399 2 101% TOTAL 7728 7378 7728 -350 95% SHORT FIREARMS UNDER RSAO UNIT Unserviceable BER STOCK TOTAL RSAO 109 80 726 915 Communicate On communicate capability, PRO2 has 1,505 units of communication equipment (883 Organic, 526 loan and 57 from donations of our partner private/public stakeholders). Out of the total communication equipment, 1,502 are serviceable, 1 unserviceable and 2 beyond economic repair. On Nomenclature Serviceable Unserviceable BER Organic Loaned Donated FIS Hand TACTICAL RADIOS Manpack (Codan) 7 7 0 0 7 0 0 0 Handheld (Harris) 16 16 0 0 16 0 0 0 VHF RADIOS Handheld 365 365 0 0 39 286 28 12 Mobile 12 12 0 0 2 9 1 0 Base 35 35 0 0 5 25 5 0 Repeater 4 4 0 0 2 2 0 0 UHF RADIOS Handheld 509 509 0 0 353 145 11 0 Mobile 79 79 0 0 60 19 0 0 Base 47 47 0 0 20 24 3 0 Repeater 8 8 0 0 6 2 0 0 HF RADIOS Base (ICOM) 27 27 0 0 27 0 0 0 OTHERS Cellular Phones 374 373 1 0 346 14 0 14 Satellite Phones 22 20 0 2 0 0 9 13 TOTAL 1505 1502 1 2 883 526 57 39 Investigative Equipment Nomenclature ONHAND SVC UNSVC BER Field Investigator’s Crime Scene Kit 158 158 0 0 Finger Print Kit 193 192 0 1 Investigative Kit 39 37 0 2 Master Evidence Kit 10 10 0 0 First Responder’s Kit 2 2 0 0 Traffic Kit 1 1 0 0 Camera 122 117 3 2 Audio Recorder 6 6 0 0 Tape Recorder 17 17 0 0 Metal Detector 20 10 1 9 Police Line/Security Line 115 115 0 0 Fingerprint Stand 7 7 0 0 Fingerprint Table 30 30 0 0 Fingerprint Outfit Kit with Double Case Holder 1 1 0 0 Transistor Megaphone 7 7 0 0 TOTAL 728 710 4 14 ON OTHER EQUIPMENT CIVIL DISTURBANCE MANAGEMENT EQUIPMENT DESCRIPTION RHQ RMFB2 BPPO CPPO IPPO NVPPO QPPO SCPO TOTAL Anti-Riot Shield 27 82 0 106 82 55 41 41 434 Anti-Riot Helmet 47 76 0 70 72 41 41 41 388 Anti-Riot Body Armor 28 262 0 143 123 45 44 44 689 Truncheon (Stick) 100 21 0 30 30 26 45 0 252 Gas Mask 0 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 TOTAL 202 451 0 349 307 167 171 126 1773 EXPLOSIVE ORDNANCE DEVICE EQUIPMENT DESCRIPTION RHQ RMFB2
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