82 stolen vehicles turned over to HPG

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PHILIPPINE National Police territorial units have turned over 82 stolen motor vehicles to the PNP Highway Patrol Group in the wake of PNP chief Director General Nicanor A. Bartolome’s strict directive against the use of recovered stolen vehicles.

PNP-HPG director Chief Superintendent Leonardo A. Espina said that from September 19 to date, different PNP territorial forces have turned over 12 stolen four-wheeled motor vehicles and 13 motorcycles.

Since January, Espina said 33 recovered stolen motor vehicles and 49 motorcycles have been turned over by different police regional offices and national support units.

He said they are getting solid support from the NCRPO headed by Director Alan LM Purisima in the implementation of PNP Standard Operating Procedure 2011-004.

The SOP requires all PNP territorial units and NSUs to turn over all recovered and impounded motor vehicles to the PNP-HPG or face administrative sanctions. The move is aimed at the possibility that recovered stolen motor vehicles be used for any other purposes, Bartolome added.

Espina said he has instructed all 17 regional highway patrol units to continue implementing their anti-carnapping operations particularly targeting car thieves and recovering stolen motor vehicles as well as the strict enforcement of the Helmet Law, ‘no plate, no travel’ policy and the accounting of all recovered stolen vehicles in the hands of territorial police forces.


PNP personnel are also prohibited from replacing/removing any part of or accessory of the recovered stolen/impounded motor vehicle or cause the replacement/removal of any part of accessory by any person unless there is a written authority from the chief/head of the PNP Unit where the vehicle is impounded and which replacement/removal of said part/accessory shall be for preservation purposes.

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Bartolome to help MPD resolve Bautista case

by Itchie G. Cabayan
Wednesday, 12 January 2011 19:56

WAYS are being ironed out by Manila Mayor Alfredo S. Lim and National Capital Region Police Office (NCRPO) Director, Chief Supt. Nicanor Bartolome, to ease the burden of electrical consumption bills on the part of the police and hasten the proceedings against the Manila policeman who was accused of raping a vendor right inside the Manila Police District (MPD) headquarters recently.

During a courtesy call to the mayor at city hall, Bartolome was accompanied by MPD director, Chief Supt. Roberto Rongavilla, deputy chief, Senior Supt. Alex Gutierrez, and was welcomed by Lim himself, along with his key officials, secretary to the mayor Atty. Rafaelito Garayblas, chief of staff and media bureau chief Ric de Guzman and mayor’s complaint and action team director, Col. (ret.) Franklin Gacutan.

In the meeting, the officials present tackled the peace and order situation in the city and the ongoing manhunt for PO3 Antonio Bautista, who is yet to surface after he was accused of rape by a 30-year-old vendor, who is now in the custody of the NCRPO.

Lim was disappointed that Bautista has neither been located nor given up voluntarily to defend himself against the charged being levelled against him, to the detriment of the entire MPD force whose name was tarnished by the controversy.

The mayor said that the proceedings for the administrative case and summary dismissal against Bautista should be acted on swiftly.

Bartolome also sought the opinion of Lim on the possibility of asking the neighboring barangays’ assistance in shouldering the cost of power bills in police stations covering their areas.

Lim raised the possibility of seeking the help of big establishments covered by the police stations “as part of their corporate social responsibility.”

Lim told Bartolome to call the barangay chairmen concerned for a meeting so they can discuss the issue thoroughly and get the necessary consensus on the matter.