Lingayen – The Philippine National Police (PNP) provincial command here is under fire from provincial officials for its inability to check the rise in robbery cases but this did not deter it from invading the cyberspace with the launching of its website.

The launch of the website was made during its 15th year anniversary, making it the first provincial police office to do so in the country.

Senior Superintendent Alan Purisima, provincial police director, said the project “aims to show to the world what the Pangasinan PNP is doing”.

The website includes list of wanted persons, photo gallery, the police accomplishments and other updated news around the police stations in 44 towns and cities of Pangasinan.

Ironically, the website was constructed in spite of survey results that showed only 15 percent of police chiefs in the province knew how to access the internet. And only five percent of all the police chiefs have email addresses.

To keep them abreast of the modern information technology, Purisima has started a crash course program to make policemen computer literate.

The personnel from 106th Provincial Mobile Group including key police non-commissioned officers (PNCOs) and staff of PPO formed the first batch that attended the crash course given by Ed Sevilleja, a web designer and operator of an internet cafe in Dagupan City.

By the time the training is completed, all the police stations will already have its own email addresses where people can send in their comments, complaints and other concerns for faster police action.

Chief Inspector Harris Fama, police community relations officer and administrator of the website www.pnp-pangasinan.com said it was designed to make the provincial director and his different section chiefs more accessible and responsive to problems and concerns sent to them.

Purisima said the use cyber technology will enable police stations to save on gas expenses commuting to the PPO to just to transmit reports. He failed to explain, however, how much his office will have to spend to upgrade the mostly obsolete computers in the various towns and cities that have been used mainly to prepare reports in lieu of typewriters. 

Purisima said the project will eventually include updated news releases from different police stations so that practicing newsmen need not go also to the provincial headquarters to get daily reports, Fama said. –EVA
 

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