Despite allocations from both Camp Crame and Cebu City Hall, the city police force is still asking for additional vehicles to raise their visibility in the streets.
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Cebu City Hall wasn’t remiss in providing support to its city police force, an official allied with the administration clarified yesterday.
Councilor Dave Tumulak said he checked with the City General Services Office (GSO) and saw that vehicles, fuel allocation and allowances are still being given to the Cebu City Police Office (CCPO).
Based on GSO records, Tumulak said there are 103 vehicles including motorcycles that have been assigned by the city government to the CCPO.
The city also gave 18,000 liters of fuel worth P5.7 million per year to the police.
“Maybe the PAC (Peace Advisory Council) was misinformed. We’d like to request the PAC to have a meeting with the PNP (CCPO),” Tumulak told reporters yesterday.
He said this a day after the Cebu City Council passed a resolution last Tuesday asking Cebu City Mayor Tomas Osmeña for a status report on logistical support allegedly recalled by the city government.
The resolution was authored by Councilor Joel Garganera, chairman of the PAC that is composed of several government and non-government organizations.
Garganera said PAC also passed a resolution on the matter earlier.
But Tumulak, who is also deputy mayor for police matters, said the 103 vehicles are still in the possession of the city’s police.
He said the number of vehicles provided by the city is more than the 11 vehicles given by the Philippine National Police (PNP) to the CCPO.
Tumulak said these vehicles have not been recalled by the city since these are still with the police.
Tumulak said in each of the city’s 11 police precincts, there are at least two vehicles that are either Toyota Vios, Toyota Hilux, Mitsubishi Adventure or Toyota Innova.
On the alleged recall of firearms from police personnel, Tumulak said it was the PNP that recalled 259 firearms assigned to some policemen since these were not yet licensed.
“We would rather suggest that the PNP follow up with the accounting office rather than complain to other people about the allowances because the PAC can’t do anything about that. They should just follow it up,” he said.
Tumulak said the city last released allowances to some policemen in February and April of this year.
But he said there may still be delays to allowances for new city police officers since the documents have to be processed.