Installation of Closed Circuit Television (CCTV) cameras is required in all financial institutions and other business establishments as a security measure.
This was stressed by Councilor El Cid Familiaran, chairman of the Sangguniang Panlungsod Committee on Police Matters, during his visit at the Bacolod City Police Office (BCPO), yesterday morning. Familiaran said he is urging the Permits and Licensing Office of the city to strictly implement City Ordinance 600, which requires all banks and other financial institutions, business establishments, within the City of Bacolod, to install CCTV within their premises. “Business owners should install CCTVs before they could get their business permits,” Familiaran stressed. Familiaran cited the recent robbery/hold-up incident wherein a money changing firm lost an estimated P500,000 cash to three suspects. Familiaran stressed that if the money changing firm has a CCTV, police will have no difficulty in identifying the suspects. Earlier, Senior Supt. Pedrito Escarilla, BCPO officer-in-charge, had directed chiefs of all police stations to visit business establishments in their respective areas for security purposes. The BCPO chief said establishment owners should hire security guards to protect their tenants and clients. He has instructed the station commanders to coordinate with the operation managers of the different business establishments to design a security plan in their respective areas. Meanwhile, Familiaran said that he had already asked Mayor Monico Puentevella for additional mobile patrol vehicles for six police stations under the BCPO in order to intensify police visibility. Familiaran said that police visibility is very important, as he disclosed that “crime solution is only secondary to crime prevention.” Familiaran further stressed that the police could immediately respond to any crimes if they have patrol vehicles./WDJ By Glazyl Jane Marie Y. Masculino Watchmen Daily Journal
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