{"id":88665,"date":"2017-02-09T02:49:15","date_gmt":"2017-02-09T07:49:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=88665"},"modified":"2017-02-09T02:49:15","modified_gmt":"2017-02-09T07:49:15","slug":"pimentel-eyes-vfa-type-model-to-improve-pnp-crime-fighting-capabilities-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2017\/02\/09\/pimentel-eyes-vfa-type-model-to-improve-pnp-crime-fighting-capabilities-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Pimentel eyes VFA-type model to improve PNP crime-fighting capabilities"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_85738\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-85738\" style=\"width: 960px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/13882206_1104438809634325_4088272553959097183_n.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-85738\" src=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/13882206_1104438809634325_4088272553959097183_n.jpg\" alt=\"To improve police crime-fighting capabilities and discipline, Senate President Aquilino Pimentel III on Thursday proposed to have \u2018Balikatan\u2019-type (Shoulder-to-Shoulder) military exercises for the Philippine National Police (PNP).  (Photo: Koko Pimentel\/ Facebook)\" width=\"960\" height=\"616\" srcset=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/13882206_1104438809634325_4088272553959097183_n.jpg 960w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/13882206_1104438809634325_4088272553959097183_n-300x193.jpg 300w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/13882206_1104438809634325_4088272553959097183_n-768x493.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-85738\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">To improve police crime-fighting capabilities and discipline, Senate President Aquilino Pimentel III on Thursday proposed to have \u2018Balikatan\u2019-type (Shoulder-to-Shoulder) military exercises for the Philippine National Police (PNP). (Photo: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AttyKoko\/photos\/a.150220805056135.38092.150218985056317\/1104438809634325\/?type=1&amp;amp;theater\">Koko Pimentel\/ Facebook<\/a>)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>MANILA\u2014To improve police crime-fighting capabilities and discipline, Senate President Aquilino Pimentel III on Thursday proposed to have \u2018Balikatan\u2019-type (Shoulder-to-Shoulder) military exercises for the Philippine National Police (PNP).<\/p>\n<p>Balikatan exercises exist under the Visiting Forces Agreement (VFA) between the Philippines and US armed forces.<\/p>\n<p>Pimentel said that PNP\u2019s version of the exercise could be called \u2018Kapatiran\u2019 and undertaken jointly with police forces of other countries.<\/p>\n<p>He further said that a European delegation that he met recently was receptive to the idea of an exchange training program.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The Balikatan-type model is a good starting point because it focuses on training and enhancing the capabilities of our Armed Forces,&#8221; Pimentel said.<\/p>\n<p>He said the government would first have to determine if a model could be developed that would allow the PNP to benefit from the expertise of the advanced police force of another country in traditional areas of crime-prevention, investigation, crime-solving and peace-keeping.<\/p>\n<p>This way, Pimentel said that regular exchanges of police personnel could improve the PNP\u2019s readiness in responding to crimes and improving even discipline.<\/p>\n<p>He said that his proposal could help PNP grow into \u201ca modern and capable police force.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>It would also benefit LGUs across the country, because most crimes are \u201clocal in nature and need the local police to solve them.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe begin with the training on crime-fighting and crime-prevention, and if we are successful here, we will start looking in areas where we could improve police efficiency and capability,\u201d Pimentel added.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MANILA\u2014To improve police crime-fighting capabilities and discipline, Senate President Aquilino Pimentel III on Thursday proposed to have \u2018Balikatan\u2019-type (Shoulder-to-Shoulder) military &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":33,"featured_media":85738,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1482,1145,16,95],"tags":[14946,7983],"class_list":["post-88665","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-breaking","category-headline","category-news","category-news-ph","tag-aquilino-pimentel-iii","tag-philippine-national-police","mauthors-philippine-news-agency"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/88665","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/33"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=88665"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/88665\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/85738"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=88665"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=88665"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=88665"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}