Police stations in 3 cities, five towns now computerized

Police stations in five towns and three cities, under the Cebu Provincial Police Office, are now fully computerized; with each one connected online to one another and the CPPO headquarters.

These police stations are in Toledo City, Carcar City and Bogo City, and in the towns of Argao, Tuburan, Daanbantayan, San Remigio, and Tabogon.

Other police stations in the province are also expected to have similar status before the end of this year, said CCPO director, Sr. Supt. Carmelo Valmoria yesterday.

Valmoria said the eight fully computerized police stations would no longer encounter delays in the preparation of periodic reports, and transmission of messages, among other communication activities.

Valmoria said he had a teleconference with the station chief of Toledo City the other day using the computer system. This showed that police station chiefs themselves may not have to go to the CPPO headquarters to report in case they have other priorities to attend to, he said.

“We are expecting that with the computerization program, the submission of reports will be smooth,” Valmoria said, adding that policemen of other stations that are going to be computerized would undergo training on computers.

Valmoria said that Bigfoot Company, the provider of the computer sets, will conduct the training.

The Cebu City Police Office, on the other hand, has already bought 19 computer sets, which will be installed in police stations and units around the city soon and connected to the server in the CPPO Headquarters.

Under the CCPO program, the information system will run a network of 18 computers, 11 of which will be installed in 11 police stations, four in the CCPO (Homicide, CIIB, Theft and Robbery and Operations Sections), one in the Traffic Patrol Group, and one in the Mobile Patrol Group.

With the network in place, every police station could now send blotter records through the server at the CCPO anytime of the day. Every report would be collated as one report, which in turn can be accessed by the CCPO chief for information.

The blotters will be stored in a database and be interfaced with the GIS (digitized maps) of the city for viewing by the CCPO in its crime analysis and strategic planning.

The same database will also serve as reference for the issuance of certificates and the preparation of documents in the filing of complaints by the police at the City Prosecutor’s Office.  – Garry B. Lao/RAE