MANILA -- Over 800,000 individuals have been arrested since June
last year in Metro Manila for violating various ordinances, according to
National Capital Region Police Office (NCRPO) report released on Sunday.
Based on data given to the media by NCRPO chief Director Guillermo
Eleazar, a total of 809,885 violators were apprehended from June 13 last year
to March 10 this year with smoking ban offenders topping the list.
Police rounded up a total of 191,917 violators of the smoking ban as of
Sunday morning, accounting for 23.70 percent of all the arrests.
Minors violating curfew hours had the next biggest number, although
with a much lower figure of 48,763, or 6.02 percent of all those arrested all
over Metro Manila in the said period.
The NCRPO has also apprehended 42,740 individuals, or 5.28 percent of
the total arrests, for going in public places ‘half-naked’.
Those drinking in public places came next, with 37,890 rounded up,
accounting for 4.68 percent of the total number of violators across the board.
The rest, 488,575 people, or 60.33 percent of the total arrests were
violators of other city and municipal ordinances in the NCR.
The Quezon City Police District (QCPD) still had the biggest number of
arrests — 473,352 violators — 58.45 percent or more than half of all those
arrested in Metro Manila.
The Eastern Police District (EPD) placed second with 153,594 persons
(18.96 percent) apprehended, followed by Northern Police District (NPD) with
73,156 (9.03 percent), Manila Police District (MPD) with 62,607 (7.73 percent)
and Southern Police District (SPD) with 47,176 (5.83 percent).
Eleazar said most of the violators were immediately released after
paying a fine or due to humanitarian considerations.
Out of the apprehended individuals, 164,226 violators have been fined
while 526,769 have been charged.
The implementation of city and municipal ordinances is part of the
NCRPO’s peace and order strategy.
No comments:
Post a Comment