ILOILO City – The Public Safety and Transportation Management Office (PSTMO) of the city government is open to receiving complaints against erring traffic enforcers.
PSTMO head Jeck Conlu said complaints will be investigated and appropriate action will be made based on the probe’s result.
“We do not tolerate shenanigans,” said Conlu.
Alleged wrongdoings of traffic enforcers, such as corruption, have surfaced on social media.
Some motorists claimed having been extorted by traffic officers who apprehended them for traffic violations, said Conlu.
The PSTMO chief urged them to file complaints at the PSTMO and submit evidence of the wrongdoing.
Mayor Jerry Treñas said his office also welcomes complaints against traffic aides.
“The city government does not tolerate wrongdoing but (there must be a) complaint. I am ready to terminate any traffic aide found guilty of corruption,” he said.
The city mayor also urged the public to take pictures of traffic aides not doing their work and send these to him.
“These traffic aides will be made to explain and dismissed from the service,” he added.
All city traffic aides underwent a whole-day retraining at the University of the Philippines Visayas (UPV) Little Theater here on Oct. 7 to level up their skills in managing the city streets.
“This is to ensure that all our traffic enforcers can better assist our motorists,” Treñas said.
In July, the city government represented by the city mayor also entered into a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the National Economic and Development Authority Region 6 (NEDA 6) represented by OIC-Regional Director Arecio A. Casing Jr. for the Traffic Academy Program.
With the objective to “create new generations of disciplined drivers and commuters,” the Iloilo City government through the PSTMO established the Traffic Academy that would “revolutionize the traffic management training space through an innovative, engaging and enlightening development of traffic management personnel in the city.”
Other signatories in the MOU included UPV, Land Transportation Office Region 6, Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board Region 6, Department of Public Works and Highways Region 6, Department of Health Region 6, Iloilo City Police Office, and Regional Highway Patrol Unit.
Through this MOU, the signatories would provide technical support in the conduct of trainings on traffic enforcement and management, and formulate appropriate manuals and literatures to guide local government units in their respective traffic plans./PN
