Republic of the Philippines NATIONAL POLICE COMMISSION. PHILIPPINE NATIONAL POLICE POLICE REGIONAL OFFICE 13 Camp Col Rafael C Rodriguez, Butuan City ROD(L}-230814-7124 COMMAND MEMORANDUM CIRCULAR No.: 46/2023 “Project S.A.F.E. Eskwelahan” SUBJECT : Enhanced Security Operations at the Learning Institutions TO : See Distribution DATE : August 17, 2023 1. REFERENCE! BF PRO13 CMC No. 32/2023, "KKK: Kapulisan ug Katawhar Se Kadalanan’. an Intensified Police Presence Strategy (IPPS) dated June 17, 2023; b. Memorandum from C, ROD dated July 6, 2023 with subject: Supplemental Operational Guidelines on the Implementation of CMC. No. 32/2023, "KKK: Kapulisan ug Katawhan sa Kadalanan,” ¢. PRO13 CMC No. 12/2023, “Operation Babagan’, Intensified Crime Prevention Strategy and Operational Guidelines during Lockdown Operation dated June 23, 2023; a. PRO1 IMPLAN to PNP Memorandum Circular No. 2022-112, “PNF- KASIMBAYANAN (Kapulisan, Simbahan, at Pamayanan)" dated September 29, 2022; e. PRO13 CMC No. 27/202, "Revitalized Patrol 101” dated August 1, 2022; Revised PNP Operational Procedure Series of 2021; and g. PNP CMC No. 2017-045, “Revised PNP Internal Cleansing Strategy” dated July 8, 2017. 2. PURPOSE: This CMC prescribes the policies, guidelines, and general procedures in the conduct of police visibility to tighten the security of the school and the students While they are doing learning activities within the premises of the leaming institutions While the Caraga police are conducting regular police operations, it is also necessary that learning institutions shall be protected including the students, teachers, and parents from the criminals and would-be criminals. 3. SCOPE: This CMC shall apply to all tasked Offices/Units of Police Regional Office 13 (PRO13). Page 1 of 10Ref, No.: RODIL)-230814-7124 4, SITUATION: The youth is the hope of the fatherland.” as Dr. Jose Protacio Rizal said. ‘This statement reflects his strong belief in the strength and potential of the younger generations around the globe. In Article 26 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR) adopted in 1948 states that, “Everyone has the right to education”. Since then, the right to education has been feaffirmed in various international treaties. Section 1, Article XIV of the 1987 Constitution declares that the State shal protect and promote the right of all citizens to quality education at all levels and shall fake appropriate steps to make such education accessible to al. Caraga region has more than 1,500 public and private schools. There 21% 56 Higher Education Institutions (HEIs), 16 of which are public and 40 are private. Serger 16 public HEls, four belong to the State Universities and Colleges (SUCH) ee campuses, 11 are satelite campuses, and one is a local college. Out of the 40 private HEls, 31 are non-sectarian while the other nine are sectarian DepEd Caraga eivaied a total of 702,007 students in the different levels of public and private Schools in the region that are enrolled for the School Year 2022-2028. Schools are not exempted as places of crime incidents. There were reports that crimes happened on the school grounds. Thus, let our uniformed personnel be regularly on school premises as that police presence is a “crime deterrent.” “The foregoing statements serve as a powerful inspiration for Caraga police to contribute in molding our youth to become the strongest citizen of the country. The ENP ae an observant of Human Rights-Based Policing (HRBP) that defines the felationship between individual citizens including learners and various groups of weetore of society as claim holders whose rights have to be respected and protected by the police, and the police as duty holders have obligations to respect, protect and fulfill human rights. 5. MISSION: This Office shall carry out an honest, aggressive, sustained, and holistic anti-crime strategy to prevent crimes within the learning institution's premises by intensifying the police presence through strong collaboration and cooperation with the academe sector and other stakeholders. 6. EXECUTION: a. Concept of Operations: PRO13 shall undertake the necessary activities and police operations including the implementation of a crime prevention plan, attending coordination Page 2 of 10Ret, No.; ROD(L}-230814-7124 meetings with DepEd offices, LGUs, PTA, volunteer groups, and stakeholders to Camry out the public safety services within the school ‘There is a need to protect the students who are expected 10 troop to their schools daily, ensure the operational readiness of police Offices/Units in Fesponding to peace and order concems including threats from criminal elements, tnd prevent stfeet crimes such as pickpocketing, snatching, swindling, robbery/hold- up, and street-level drug trafficking. PRO13 firmly believes that police presence in partnership with the community, in a wider scope, is the most effective crime prevention strategy. It is therefore imperative that PRO13 shall intensify the crime prevention approach to ensure the security and protection of every leamer in Caraga Tegion through police visibility, law enforcement and police-community partnership. PNP personnel shall be deployed in strategic areas within the vicinty of schools for foot, mobile and police visibility patrols with the strategic goal of “zero crime incidents in all school and university areas”. In coordination with the local government Offices/Units, deployed personnel shall assist or if possible, spearhead the traffic management operations in the vicinity of schools especially in the cities. b. Tasks 4) DRDO - Designated as Overall Supervisor to tasked Offices/Units in the implementation of this CMC. 2) CRS a) Designated as Assistant Supervisor; and b) Shall assist the Overall Supervisor in the implementation of this CMC. 3) RPRMD a) Issue appropriate order to tasked Offices/Units; and b) Perform other tasks as directed. 4) RID a) Provide timely intelligence information to tasked Offices/Units; b) Provide assessments on enemy sightings as well as forecasts on their violent and non-violent activities which will be vital to the success of this CMC; and ¢) Perform other tasks as directed. 5) ROD a) Shall supervise and monitor the implementation of this CMC; Page 3 of 10Ref, No: ROD(L}-230814-7124 b) Conduct quarterly assessments on the effectiveness of this plan; and ©) Perform other tasks as directed. 6) RLRDD a) Provide logistical support to tasked Offices/Units; and b) Perform other tasks as directed. 7) RCADD a) Shall be responsible for the public information and awareness programs of the PNP in coordination with the quinta media; and b) Perform other tasks as directed. 8) RCD a) Support the budgetary requirements of tasked Offices/Units in the implementation of this CMC; and b) Perform other tasks as directed. 9) RIDMD a) Provide appropriate investigative support in the implementation of this CMC; and b) Perform other tasks as directed. 10) RLDDD a) Formulate a Program of Instruction (PO!) and conduct training on Patrol Supervisors and Police Patrollers; and b) Perform other tasks as directed. 11) PPOsIBCPO a) If necessary, establish Police Assistance Desks (PADs) in all school campuses and clustered schools in the region in coordination with concerned ‘schools’ authorities, Parents Teachers Association (PTA) and their security managers, LGUs and their respective barangay force multipliers; b) Organize teams in all police stations to conduct mobile and foot patrols along major routes/highways leading to all leaming institutions and within the immediate vicinity of school premises to monitor and evaluate the daily activities and prevent outsiders to mingle with pupils/students that may influence them in engaging in vices/illegal activities; Page 4 of 10Ref. No. ROD(L)-230814-7124 «) Conduct ant-criminality operations, especially in crime-prone areas and near the school premises; d) Deploy road safety marshals along the main thoroughfares likin’ your AOR in coordination with the LGUs and other volunteer agencies; e) Coordinate with concerned LGUs regarding the strict implementation of a zoning ordinance prohibiting the existence of computer shops, billiards establishments and other distractive games and recreations within the immediate vicinity of schools; ) Attend and conduct coordination meetings with DepEd, LGUs, PTA volunteer groups, and stakeholders to carry out public safety services; g) Identify schools with a high influx of students within the AOR and approximately deploy patroliers in tandem with force multipliers to prevent students from involving mugging, riots and any untoward incidents; h) Deploy EOD/K9 Teams in selected school campuses where there is perceived threat of IED; i) Establish and maintain collaborative linkages with school authorities on drug prevention and education and other related programs; |) Ensure the safety and security of tourists visiting schools, other tourist destination areas through Tourist Police Units (TPUs) in coordination with the LGUs, Local Tourism Councils, and DOTr; k) Provide personnel to participate during the Flag Raising and Flag Lowering Ceremonies. If possible, PNP personnel shall act as flag raisers; 1) Conduct Simultaneous Exercises (SIMEX) in coordination with the school authorities on possible threats in schools like bomb threats, fire incidents, earthquakes, and other related scenarios; m) Conduct regular assessments of the security and public safety operations; n) Include in your Patrol Deployment Plan the deployment of personnel to be detailed at PADs; ©) Provide overall control and supervision in the implementation of this CMC in respective AORs; Page 5 of 10Ref. No. ROD(L}-230814-7124 p) DPDOs/DCDO, PODs and Chiefs of Police to inspect the actual deployment and conduct of red teaming operations; q) Submit action photos with caption through “Project S.A.F.E. Eskwelahan Viber Group” created for the purpose; Police personnel deployed must be in “TAMANG BIHIS” and must be mindful of his/her duties and responsibilities embodied in the Patrol 101 concept (Investigation, Intelligence, Operations, and Police Community Relations); 8) Detailed personnel at PADs must know the church leaders; Submit monitoring of compliance following the attached sample template every Monday NLT 8:00 AM; and u) Perform other tasks as directed. 12) RMFB13 a) Provide augmentation of troops to lower Offices/Units upon request; b) Organize Alert Team/s ready for deployment during special operations and emergency cases; and c) Perform other tasks as directed. 13) Other RSUs: a) Provide appropriate support in the implementation of this CMC in accordance with respective missions and inherent functions; and b) Perform other tasks as directed. 7. COORDINATING INSTRUCTIONS: a. All detailed PNP personnel shall wear a prescribed uniform during o patrol operations; . Police Operational Procedures and respect for Human Rights shall be strictly observed at all times; Lateral and vertical coordination with other law enforcement agencies, government entities, religious sector and community is highly encouraged; and |. This CMC. shall serve as an initial working plan, subject for changes and amendments. Page 6 of 10Ret. No: ROD(L)-290814-7124 8, EFFECTIVITY: This CMC shall take effect immediately upon approval. > P MATTA ‘olonel Qfficer-in-Charge Distribution: RIP-Staff PD, PPOs CD, BPCO OIC, RMFB13 RC, NSUs Copy Furnished: ‘Command Group Attachments: ‘ANNEX “A" — Task Organization ANNEX "B" — Organizational Structure Page 7 of 10Ref, No: ROD(L}-230814-7124 ANNEX “A” TO PRO13 CMC 46/2023 “Project S.A.F.E. Eskwelahan” TASK ORGANIZATION Overall Supervisor Assistant TG Commander SUPPORT STAFF: Staff for Personnel Staff for Intelligence Staff for Operations Staff for Logistics Staff for Community Affairs Staff for Comptrollership Staff for Investigation Staff for Learnings and Doctrines Staff for Plans and Strategy Staff for Information Technology - PCOL MICHAEL F LEBANAN - PCOL JOSELITO L CLARITO - PLTCOL PATRICK D LUMBA - PLTCOL ROMMEL D VILLAMOR: - PCOL JAMES T GOFORTH - PLTCOL GLENN C SAMPAGA - PCOL RINGO C ZARZOSO - PCOL ARLENE G CASTOR - PLTCOL SAMSON B PASCUAL - PLTCOL RHANDY C AMARO - PLTCOL NILO T TEXON - PLTCOL JEROME A DELA CRUZ OPERATING OFFICES/UNITS ‘Agusan del Norte PPO ‘Agusan del Sur PPO ‘Surigao del Norte PPO Surigao del Sur PPO Dinagat Islands PPO - PCOL FILEMON O PACIOS - PCOL JOVITO C CANLAPAN - PCOL LAUDEMER M LAUDE - PCOL HARRY B DOMINGO - PCOL RUBEN B DELOS SANTOS Butuan CPO - PCOL MARCO B ARCHINUE OIC, RMFB13 - PLTCOL RICHIE M YATAR SUPPORT OFFICES/UNITS RIAS13 - PCOL BRANDO C EMPESO RLO13 - PCOL LEJOE C CAMPOS RFU13 - PCOL MARY LEOCY J MAG-ABO RMDU13, - PCOL SAMUEL M PALOMENO cIDU13 - PCOL JOSEPH B BOQUIREN RTC13 - PCOL EDCILLE V CANALS RIU13 - PCOL NARCISO D LANGCAUON RSTU13 - PCOL JERONE ORVILLE P PANGANIBAN RMU13 - PLTCOL ALVIN A GUMACAL RFSO13 - PLTCOL EMMANUEL P CAQUILALA RCEU13 - PLTCOL JULY LOVE C GALVADORES RPMU13 - PLTCOL JOSEPH ESTRADA ITPO13 - PLTCOL MICHAEL T VIRTUDAZO AVSEU13 - PLTCOL FERDINAND V ALEJO- RPSPU13 - PLTCOL MELGAR A DEVARAS RRPU13 - PLTCOL RUDY L ELANDAG 1SAB, SAF - PMAJ LYNDON A ESPE RECU13, - PMAJ JAYSON V MACADANGDANG Page 8 of 10Ret. No ROD(L}-230814-7124 RPO13. - PMAJ LORENZO R RUGA RCSU13 - PLTCOL CHRISTOPHER FRANCIS P SIRIBAN DIPO-EM SatO - PCPT NOEL Y GALINDO PRBU13 -PCPT MARIFEL L CORTEZ OFFICIAL: JAME} Police 1D. Page 9 of 10