Chapter 1 THE PROBLEM AND ITS SETTING Introduction
“It's about time law enforcement got as organized as organized crime.” - Rud Giu!iani
The Integr Integrate ated d Pulis Pulis AntiAnti-Cri Crime me Campai Campaign gn launche launched d OPLAN OPLAN LAMBA LAMBAT T-SIBA SIBAT, a deliberate, programmatic, and sustained approach taen b! the Philippine National Police to combat criminalit! nation"ide# It uses both "ide dragnet and intel-targeted operations to catch small-time criminals and repeat o$$enders, under the %"hole o$ PNP% approach#& It is an anti-crime campaign spearheaded b! the Philippine National Police 'PNP( and the )epartment o$ the Interior and Local *o+ernment ')IL*(# Its social media campaign consists o$ posters that in$orms social media users on ho" the PNP and the )IL* "ill "or together to arrest the Philippines most "anted#. /+er! so o$ten, the PNP has numerous laudable o perational accomplishments reported and published in the media# These accomplishments are supposed to bring a message to the communit! communit! that should should mae them $eel sa$e and secured# secured# 0arious 0arious manhunts and OPLANs "ere launched and intensi$ied in an attempt to bring do"n criminalit! in the countr!# 1o"e+er, "ith the arrests o$ most "anted persons and the neutrali2ation o$ notorious criminal groups, the public doesn3t seem to see the impact in their li+es and its signi$icance to the impro+ement on crime rates and peace and order, i$ there reall! is# The anti-crime campaign "as conducted in Ad hoc " Bara-Bara#$ Si!o%$ " Kanya-kanya#$ and Sporadic " Ningas-Cogon#& These accomplishments are not translated and interpreted to a language that the public can easil! understand particularl! to correlation o$ data e4pressed in numbers# Moreo+er, the Social 5eather 5e ather Station perception sur+e!s to"ard the PNP remained lo" during the .nd 6uarter o$ .7&# In e$$ect, the public does not $ull! appreciate the "hole picture o$ the success o$ the operations and ho" these anti-criminalit! campaigns are trul! responding to, and helping the communit! "ith the percei+ed rising trend in robber ! and the$t#
In .7&, the PNP "as clueless on the surge o$ crimes lie motorc!cle riding criminals and sensational crimes in Metro Manila at the start o$ the !ear# On 8une &9, .7&, upon the orders o$ President Benigno A6uino, Secretar! Mar :o4as started to $ocus on crime situation and made the necessar! approach to the situation # On 8une &;, .7& "ith this situation at hand, the PNP started reconing all the data# On 8une &<, .7&, Secretar! Mar :o4as presided a command con$erence to drill-do"n on ="hat3s "oring, "hat3s not and I "ish> on the anti-crime campaign# ?rom the traditional approach, it shi$ted $rom Statu% 'uo to Pa()a)a(o&
OPLAN LAMBAT is a "ide dragnet across the metropolis combined "ith targeted actions (hindi patsamba) "hich co+ers OPLAN @ato, OPLAN Baal Sita and intensi$ied Ser+ing o$ 5arrants# OPLAN LAMBAT has initiall! deplo!ed &77 policemen in high crime areas and ;77 more policemen to NC:PO $or tactical deplo!ment# This =PASA)A A> or the =One time Big Time> approach is meant to saturate high crime areas "ith policemen "hile =PASA)A B> is aimed $or securit! plans in high tra$$ic con+ergence 2ones# OPLAN SIBAT in as intel dri+en targeted action "ith tracer teams to arrest Most 5anted Person 'M5P(# OPLAN Sibat "hich also means spear$ishing, is $ocused, targeted approach and integrated Most 5anted Person 'M5P( listing# It sets a polic! $or one target, one team "hich loos $or speci$ic M5P# 5ith OPLAN LAMBAT-SIBAT, "eel! command con$erence is also conducted to impro+e coordination and the $lo" o$ in$ormation# The
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$eedbac and results o$ their e$$ort# As it "ors in partnership "ith the communit!, $orce multipliers and au4iliaries ha+e been tapped also to participate and in+ol+e helping the PNP particularl! high-crime areas to rela! in$ormation on the ground# The OPLAN Lambat-Sibat continues as it attempts to deal better "ith the crime b! a# Installing CCT0s in < Police Stations in NC:PO to help in monitoring acti+ities inside police o$$ices# This "ill be $ollo"ed b! the installation o$ &77 CCT0s in the identi$ied high crime areas#
b# Shi$ting the PNP Blotter s!stem to Incident :ecord ?orm 'I:?(# )etails o$ the I:? are registered to Crime In$ormation :egistration S!stem 'CI:S( and are readil! a+ailable $or +eri$ication and +alidation at )irectorate $or In+estigation and )etecti+e Management ')I)M( in real time# c# /stablishment o$ National /mergenc! Number, an integrated call number $or police, medical and emergencies# Oplan Lambat-Sibat is a rein+igorated crime pre+ention e$$ort using =deliberate, programmatic and sustained> police operations such as Checpoint, Oplan Baal-Sita, Mobile Patrol, Beat Patrol and Oplan Bulabog supported b! scienti$ic crime reporting $rom the Police Communit! Precincts 'PCPs(, to the stations, to the districts up to the National Capital :egion Police O$$ice 'NC:PO( and sol+ing them based on statistics# Because o$ the s!stem3s dramatic reduction o$ crime in NC:, it is no" being cascaded to :egions and -A#
