BAGUIO City Police Office (BCPO) was adjudged as this year's best city police station in the country during the culminating activity of the 23rd Philippine National Police (PNP) Community Relations Month.
City director Senior Superintendent Ramil Saculles personally received the award at Camp Crame from PNP Chief Director General Oscar Albayalde.
BCPO bagged the award for its significant and noteworthy PCR programs, projects and activities which have contributed to the overall PNP peace and development initiatives in the country, bringing the police closer to the people.
In May of this year, BCPO was also recognized as the top performing police station after some of its personnel have excelled in various fields for the first quarter of 2018.
Saculles presented Police Station 7 headed by Chief Inspector Mario Evasco as the top station in terms of operational accomplishment on the service of warrants of arrests and 117 warrantless arrests on various crimes committed by wanted persons and other lawless elements from January 1 to May 22, 2018.
Station 5, headed by Chief Inspector John Cayat Jr., came in second with 14 warrantless arrests aside from the serving of warrants, while Station 2 headed by Chief Inspector Gil Imado was ranked third with 34 warrantless arrests aside from the serving of warrants.
On the regional level, BCPO Station 6 was chosen as this year's outstanding city police station, while Benguet Provincial Police Office was adjudged as the outstanding Provincial Office and La Trinidad Municipal Police as the outstanding Municipal Police Office all under the Police Community Relations activities.
In bagging the award, BCPO believes strong relationships of mutual trust between police agencies and the communities are critical to maintaining public safety and effective policing.
The BCPO added police officials rely on the cooperation of community members to provide information about crime in their neighborhoods, and to work with the police to devise solutions to crime and disorder problems.
Similarly community members' willingness to trust the police depends on whether they believe that police actions reflect community values and incorporate the principles of procedural justice and legitimacy.
