QUEZON City Mayor Herbert Bautista has vowed to boost the city police’s anti-crime capability by acquiring state-of-the-art equipment, including robots.
“We are already going to procure this year the caliber .40 short firearms. We’re still studying the Israeli rifles and M-16s,” city administrator Aldrin Cuña said.
Other items on the “wish list” of the Quezon City Police District include the advanced explosive ordnance disposal robots, 30 patrol cars, three 6×6 trucks, a Special Weapons and Tactics van, listening devices, surveillance and tracking equipment, body-worn video-radio cameras, 100 Galil rifles, 1,000 Glock 9mm pistols, 200 M-16 rifles, and 100 Taurus 40 pistols.
The mayor tasked Cuña to evaluate the request of the local police force.
Chief Supt. Guillermo Eleazar thanked Bautista for the continuous support to upgrade the police force’s capacity.
“We would like to express our gratitude and appreciation to the city government for all the support that were given to us. We’re very fortunate that all of our requests have been granted,” he said.
Eleazar said QCPD plans to build a central evidence building and a two-story multipurpose center in Camp Karingal, as well as an intelligence data base and research center.
In another development, the 37-member city council through Resolution No. 7225 has supported Senate Bill 1463 or the Uniformed and Law Enforcement Personnel Educational Assistance and Benefits Act, which would create a Dependents Welfare Office to act and grant financial assistance and other benefits to children of uniformed personnel.