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00:00Now, just a few hours before 2025 and many are preparing to celebrate the new year, we will talk to PNP Spokesperson Police Brigadier General Gene Fajardo.
00:11General Fajardo, good morning to you.
00:14Good morning sir Ivan and to all the viewers of your program. Good morning.
00:19Is there a final instruction to the PNP leadership to go around the police and minimize the injuries sustained by our countrymen in celebrating the new year?
00:30Yes sir. The order of our Chief PNP, Police General Romel Francisco Martin, to our policemen is to ensure that we are there on the streets,
00:42especially during the celebration of the new year, because we expect that the activities and celebrations will be on the left and right.
00:52Especially in designated community display areas, including the firecrackers zone, our policemen and other government agencies will be monitoring
01:04to ensure that the incidents related to the celebration of the new year will be minimized.
01:13The celebration of the new year or the celebration of the new year, General Fajardo, is it usual or traditional that there are many crimes committed there?
01:21For example, drinking, injuring and many more.
01:25It cannot be avoided sir Ivan. During these festivities and celebratory events, there are people who drink and injure. That's why we are monitoring it.
01:39But so far, sir, in our data of our verbance, even from December 16 until Christmas, the number of our incidents this year has decreased.
01:51But we are not complacent. We are always on the lookout for the barangay. We are helping the barangay residents to avoid these incidents that will result in violence and injury.
02:09You mentioned the patrol. How about the firecrackers that are prohibited? Did we have many firecrackers?
02:18As of yesterday, more than 520,000 illegal firecrackers and other biotech devices were confiscated.
02:29More or less, the amount is around 2.4 million worth of confiscated illegal firecrackers.
02:38Lastly, what is our advice to our policemen, especially on the use of firearms?
02:47We are advising our policemen not to use their service firearms during the celebration, during the Christmas celebration.
02:57They should be aware of their duties and they should know that we are more strict when it comes to the use of firearms.
03:07We are hoping that our field commanders will follow this and supervise this so that their policemen will be aware of this.
03:17Police Brigadier General Jin Fajardo. Thank you very much ma'am. Happy New Year to our PNP.
03:22Thank you very much sir. Happy New Year.
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