Pubdate: Sun, 20 Feb 2005 Source: Sunday Punch (Philippines) Copyright: 2005 Sunday Punch Contact: http://punch.dagupan.com/ Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/3678 Source: Sunday Punch (Philippines) Bookmark: http://www.mapinc.org/topics/Summary+Execution Bookmark: http://www.mapinc.org/areas/Philippines POLICE, POSO IN ALL-OUT DRIVE VS. STREET CRIMES IMMEDIATELY upon assuming as acting mayor last week, Vice Mayor Alvin Fernandez ordered the Dagupan police station and the Public Order and Safety Office (POSO) to act on the rising incidence of street crimes in the city. He issued the order to Supt. Candito Quijardo, police chief; and Robert Erfe-Mejia, POSO chief, in the face of rising street crimes in the city which include cell phone snatching, bag slashing and other petty crimes. "There shall be more visibility of uniformed police personnel in different areas of concern or places where suspects usually strike," Fernandez ordered, adding that both the police and POSO immediately combine their forces. Fernandez said he wants to see the day the street crimes in the city drop to zero. Fernandez ordered Quijardo to furnish him a list of detailed police officers in areas of responsibility to enable him (Fernandez) to monitor the situation. But the police and POSO must not only concentrate on ordinary street crimes but also major crimes like the continuing summary execution of suspected drug dealers in the city. Recently, two more bodies were found dead in Bonuan, believed to have been victims of alleged vigilante group. Killed last Friday night was Brando Ramirez, 42, whose body was dumped near the golf course in Bonuan Binloc. Five days later, one Renato Mararac of Bonuan Gueset was shot dead by unidentified gunman on Ayusip road in Bonuan. Both were identified police characters. - ---