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Best Five Practices of Police Regional Office 11

Best Five Practices of Police Regional Office 11

Police Regional Office 11 recently activated its Best Practices Board under General Order No. 1165 to evaluate the proposed best practices effectively – making the regional office one of the best-performing police regional offices in the country.

What are the five deliberated emerging best practices of PRO11?

Detainees Safety Deposit Box

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Photo: Matanao MPS DSPPO

It was conceptualized by former Provincial Director of Davao Sur Police Provincial Office PSSUPT DARIO Gunabe. It is designed to have a proper storage box for the detainees’ belongings, avoid the commission of crimes inside the detention cell, and eliminate the incidence of lost belongings of detainees.

Save and Educate a Child

Image Courtesy of PMSg Awitin, DOcPPO

The rising crime incidents involving minors prompted the conceptualization of this initiative, according to PNP Regional Office 11’s website. The program started last 2003. This project is an alternative strategy of Davao City Police Office Police Station1 (Sta. Ana) to those minors who have committed crimes covered by the Juvenile Justice System. The primary goal of this project is to save minors from committing more crimes and give educational assistance to Out of School Youth, Children at Risk, and Children in Conflict with the Law to have a brighter future.

Tactical Action Camera (TAC) 

Photo: PNP RMFB 11

TAC is a project launched last December 1, 2015, under the leadership of former 2nd Maneuver Company Commander of RMFB PCI Mark Kim Aquino. The project “TAC” or “Tactical Action Camera” is a new strategic approach in law enforcement to document the activity through video and audio recording fully. This kind of approach shall also address the validity of every police operation, aid in the investigation process, and review possible lapses of PNP operatives during actual service.

Drug Surrenderers Reformation Plan (Project Disaster Action Team) 

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The practice aims to train the Drug Surrenderers on Disaster Management Preparedness and Search and Rescue Operations in their respective Barangays. According to Philippine National Police, Davao City Central 911 identified six (6) disaster-prone barangays within Davao City. With this, the unit coordinated with the Davao City Police Office regarding the numbers of drug surrenderers in the six (6) Barangays. The officers subsequently conducted a meeting with the concerned barangays to gather their drug surrenderers to participate in the project.

Oplan Liwanag 

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Photo: PNP CVPPO

Oplan Liwanag is a community-based transformation and intervention intended for Volunteers Submitted for Reform (VSR) in the province of Compostela Valley. It is a joint project between the Compostela Valley Police Provincial Office (CVPPO) and the Provincial Government Unit of Compostela Valley to purposely provide a rehabilitation program to the rising number of drug surrenderers. The PNP played a vital role in delivering and assessing information as to who will undergo the program.

The PNP has accomplished significant milestones in its transformation journey. The agency devoted extensive resources and energy to contribute change the country positively. The PNP is dedicated to maintain transforming to a credible police service that the country rightly deserves

Revitalized-Police sa Barangay 2021

The “Pulis Sa Barangay” program, which is embodied in “BAYANIHAN” or Barangay Peacekeeping Operations (BPO), was first introduced in 2011 and mandates the formation of Barangay Peacekeeping Action Team (BPAT) as force multipliers. However, due to a lack of personnel to deploy in the barangays, the initiative was not maintained.

Now, the PRO 11 official ensured that the initiative was re-launched with proper government funding and supported by the local government units.


PRO 11 Director Brigadier General Filmore B Escobal believes that recreating this past program by revitalizing it and educating its personnel could be a viable program for the PNP to accomplish Executive Order 70 or Ending Local Communist Armed Conflict, which was piloted in this region (ELCAC).