00:00Statistics obtained by Rappler show, within a week of the implementation of the Safer Cities campaign in Calabarzon, the number
00:06of violators dropped by half.
00:08The Philippine National Police Regional Office 4A report shows, from 4,621 peace and order violators on April 8 and
00:169, the number went down by almost 54% to 2,408 by April 14 and 15.
00:23Violators of local ordinances were either warned, fined, or charged with any of the following.
00:28Drinking and smoking in public places, roaming the streets without shirts, urinating in a side street, littering, dumping garbage anywhere,
00:35using karaoke beyond the allowed time, minors violating curfew hours, vandalism, using a structure and obstruction subject to road-clearing
00:43operation, wearing a balaclava, violation of the city traffic ordinance or code, and other forms of misconduct.
00:49The Department of the Interior and local government and the PNP launched the Safer Cities campaign on April 6. Critics
00:56questioned the legality of the campaign.
00:58But DILG Secretary John Vicremulia says the campaign is based on existing laws and local ordinances whose public awareness and
01:04enforcement had only weakened over time.
01:06Meantime, the National Union of People's Lawyers says violators cannot be arrested or detained if local ordinances only impose fines.
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