THE number of Helmet Law violators accosted by the Philippine National Police Highway Patrol Group since September 19 rose to nearly 7,000 as PNP-HPG director Chief Superintendent Leonardo A. Espina ordered a nationwide implementation of the law.
Of the 6,901 violators who were issued temporary operator’s permit by the PNP-HPG, 13 are policemen, six are members of the Armed Forces, two from the Bureau of Jail Management and Penology and one each from the Bureau of Fire Protection, Land Transportation Office and a local government unit.
Last September 19, PNP chief Director General Nicanor A. Bartolome ordered the PNP-HPG to step-up the enforcement of the Helmet Law and the ‘no plate, no travel’ policy.
The PNP chief also warned policemen who will be found using recovered stolen motor vehicles be fired from the service apart from being charged criminally.
Espina said that since Bartolome issued his directive to turn over recovered stolen vehicles, a total of 12 motor vehicles and 15 motorcycles have been accounted for by his men.
A total of 84 stolen motor vehicles recovered by different police territorial units have been turned over to the PNP-HPG.
“There will be no questions asked. What’s important is for all of these recovered motor vehicles to be surrendered to the HPG,” Bartolome said.
Last Saturday, more than 700 motorcycles and four-wheeled motor vehicles were intercepted by combined agents of the PNP-HPG and the Land Transportation Office.
Espina said the drivers of 639 motorcycles and 101 motor vehicles were issued traffic citation tickets by the Rizal Provincial Highway Patrol Team led by Senior Inspector Arnel Pagulayan and Inspector Arthur Cortez and the LTO Regional Office 4-A led by Sofronio Alvis.
Regional Highway Patrol Unit 4-A chief Senior Supt. Arnel B. Escobal said that all available motorcycles and patrol cars are being used by his men in the intensified enforcement of the law aimed at arresting motorcycle-riding criminals.
Alfred Dalizon
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