Incoming Philippine National Police (PNP) chief Oscar Albayalde’s “mission number one” will be to fill the projected 25,938 police vacancies this year, Senate President Pro Tempore Ralph Recto said Wednesday. “If all of these positions are filled, and distributed equally to the country’s 1,489 municipalities, each will have an additional 17 policemen. If 20 percent of the slots will be allotted to cities, each will receive 35 more policemen,” Recto said in a statement. ADVERTISEMENTHe said if all of these new recruits will be given patrolling duties, it will solve the chronic lack of police officers on the ground. “Before you can put more policemen on the streets, you have to put more of them in uniform first,” he added.

Source: Philippine Daily Inquirer April 11, 2018 03:11 UTC