THE National Police said on Monday that it will intensify the campaign against crime.
The campaign is implemented through the “Oplan [operation plan] Lambat Sibat” ordered by Interior Secretary Manuel A Roxas II.
Sr. Supt. Bartolome Tobias, National Police spokesman, said part of the program was the accurate recording of crimes reported so that the command could identify what areas need more resources.
Tobias said the accurate reporting project mandates the implementation of the Electronic Crime Incident Reporting System (e-CIRS), that is being started with police precincts under the National Capital Region police command.
The e-CIRS should enhance the integrated database system and upgrade the National Police’s investigative equipment in order to give timely, fast and reliable information of criminals, enhancing the solution of criminal cases.
Pilot testing of the project was recently conducted at the Quezon City Police District, that has 21 precincts, with the training of some 20 desk officers to administrate the system.
The Metro Manila police command procured almost 177 computers for e-CIRS for P8.5 million for the use of 160 police precincts all over the metropolis.
Deputy Director General Leonardo Espina, National Police officer in charge, said the implementation of e-CIRS will ensure the gathering and inclusion of all crime data that are reported in the police station into the said database.
“The e-CIRS is very important to both the reporting citizen and to us in the police,” he said.
The e-CIRS was launched in September 2011 and serves as a more efficient electronic blotter system for recording crime incidents.
Espina said the system does not only facilitate crime documentation and modernize data storage, but also presents a quick, fast and reliable transmission of crime information from a police station to the provincial and regional offices and to the national headquarters.
With the installation of the e-CIRS designed as a stand-alone system, all police stations will now report the actual situation on the ground, which is vital in mapping out strategies for quick response and crime solution which is expected to be installed in all police stations nationwide.