Quezon City Mayor Herbert Bautista is considering several unused city government properties as temporary detention facilities for persons facing drug-related cases.
At a meeting with members of the city peace and order council, Bautista directed the city engineering department, headed by Joselito Cabungcal, to study the proposal.
Quezon City Police District chief Guillermo Lorenzo Eleazar sought the mayor’s help to relocate the detainees who are temporarily housed at the QCPD covered court in Camp Karingal.
“We actually do not need good buildings. What is important is there is a toilet facility, which the detainees can use,” Eleazar said.
Bautista also bared plans to expand the Quezon City Drug Treatment and Rehabilitation Center (Tahanan) in Barangay Payatas to accommodate more drug dependents who have surrendered.
The city government’s public safety modernization program includes the construction of the new rehab facility and is one of the highlights of the city’s three-year peace and order public safety plan.
Eleazar complained police has not used Camp Karingal’s covered court for several months now since it has become the processing center for drug surrenderees of the Oplan Tokhang launched by the Philippine National Police under the Duterte administration.