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BY RUBY P. SILUBRICO
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Wednesday, March 29, 2017
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ILOILO City – Forty-six police officers of the Iloilo Police Provincial Office (IPP) have been tasked to restore order on the province’s streets.
Beginning this week, these policemen deputized by the Land Transportation Office (LTO) will be running after drivers of public utility and private vehicles violating traffic rules and regulations.
In 2016, IPPO investigated 3,603 traffic-related incidents. A total of 146 individuals died.
Since January this year, the IPPO already recorded 296 traffic-related incidents and 14 deaths from these.
The 46 cops will be spread out to Iloilo’s 42 towns and one component city. They can make arrests on behalf of LTO and issue Temporary Operator’s Permits (TOPs).
According to Senior Superintendent Harold Tuzon, provincial police director, LTO subjected the policemen to rigid training to enforce Republic Act 4136 (Land Transportation and Traffic Code of the Philippines) and related regulations.
They are also expected to regulate the flow of traffic.
“They will help curb traffic incidents and traffic-related deaths. We are warning drivers. Observe the proper speed limit. Walang mawawala sa atin kung nag-iingat tayo sa pagmaneho,” said Tuzon.
Alarmed by the statistics on traffic accidents, the provincial government recently formed the Provincial Task Force on Road Safety.
Represented in the task force are the regional offices of LTO, Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board, Department of Public Works and Highways, the Iloilo Police Provincial Office, the Highway Patrol Group of the Philippine National Police, jeepney and taxi associations, and state colleges and universities./PN
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