{"id":271845,"date":"2020-10-15T00:27:06","date_gmt":"2020-10-15T04:27:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=271845"},"modified":"2020-10-15T00:27:06","modified_gmt":"2020-10-15T04:27:06","slug":"duterte-plans-to-buy-more-motorcycles-for-pnp","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2020\/10\/15\/duterte-plans-to-buy-more-motorcycles-for-pnp\/","title":{"rendered":"Duterte plans to buy more motorcycles for PNP"},"content":{"rendered":"
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FILE: President Rodrigo Roa Duterte (Photo: ALBERTO ALCAIN\/ PRESIDENTIAL PHOTO)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

MANILA<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 President Rodrigo Duterte on Wednesday night said he saw a need to purchase new motorcycles for the Philippine National Police (PNP) to help prevent street crimes.<\/p>\n

Duterte bared that he intended to “go hard” on criminals in the last two years of his term, noting an upsurge of street crimes such as hold-ups after quarantine classifications were relaxed.<\/p>\n

\u201cI really intend to go hard within the last two years of my term\u00a0pati itong mga kriminal.<\/em>\u00a0We have seen an upsurge of holdups, street crimes again it\u2019s because of the liberality being offered by the opening of the economy. And of course, people are now allowed to roam freely and to travel,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

He said he understood the “nightmare” that police are facing in chasing motorcycle-riding suspects who could easily get away with their offense.<\/p>\n

\u201cKasi ang<\/em>\u00a0motor\u00a0kasi nagsi-<\/em>zigzag\u00a0lang \u2018yan<\/em>\u00a0(Because motorcycles can zigzag) in and out of traffic situations and they can really get away with it easily. Unlike the motor vehicles,\u00a0ma-ano ng<\/em>\u00a0(caught in) traffic. But\u00a0itong mga<\/em>\u00a0motor\u00a0kung minsan dumadaan pa ng ano<\/em>\u00a0sidewalk\u00a0eh<\/em>\u00a0(Motorcycles sometimes pass through sidewalks). That is also a matter which we have to address,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n

Buying motorcycles, he said, could help the PNP\u2019s Highway Patrol Group run after motorcycle-riding suspects.<\/p>\n

“We can train the Highway Patrol. We can train about\u00a0siguro<\/em>\u00a0in one class 30. We have to increase the mobile capacity ng pulis at\u00a0saka<\/em>\u00a0(of police and) we can buy motorcycles\u00a0\u2018yung mahahaba<\/em>\u00a0(the long ones), all that can negotiate any obstacle, the ordinary obstacles that you\u2019d find in the streets,” he said in a taped speech<\/p>\n

Duterte, a motorcycle enthusiast, said it was not enough for cops to know how to ride a motorcycle, they should undergo training.<\/p>\n

“But they have to be trained. It\u2019s not just a matter of knowing how to ride a bike, or bicycle, motorcycle for that matter,” he added.<\/p>\n

He asked Interior Secretary Eduardo A\u00f1o to plan the purchase of motorcycles, suggesting that the 250cc motorcycles “would be a good one”.<\/p>\n

According to Duterte, police officers should be in plainclothes or civilian clothes to avoid identification as a law enforcement officer.<\/p>\n

“Pero hindi naka-uniporme<\/em>\u00a0(But they shouldn’t be in uniform). I know that it is not advisable but the only way to really counter the anonymity of a criminal is also to fight the thing on the ground,” he said.\u00a0<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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