Adequately implementing social welfare policies and providing economic opportunities to the people is essential in building up peace and security in the region.
Governor Rodolfo P. del Rosario said ensuring public safety does not only mean arming the law enforcement agencies and making them ready for any eventuality.
Del Rosario, who is chair of the Regional Peace and Order Council (RPOC)-11, explained peace and security entails positively responding to the basic needs of the people and broadening their economic prospect.
“As people work to attain their full human development, you must ensure human security to enable them to pursue their choices and aspirations,” the governor told security officials in the province, during the seminar on the formulation of the Integrated Area/Community Public Safety Plan for 2012 on November 8, 2011 at the Molave Hotel, Tagum City .
He also urged the police to ensure the upholding of the rule of law for all citizens to enjoy democratic rights.
The president of the confederation of all local chief executives in Mindanao (Confed) further reiterated his call for all-out peace in the region, in order to prevent the escalation of hostilities and their spread to other areas.
Dir. Almario Cero, former DILG provincial director, who is head of the administrative division of DILG-11, said an integrated public safety plan is necessary to ensure a comprehensive and concerted action in the promoting peace and security in the communities.
He said the plan intends to institutionalize a system of effectively addressing security threats in the locality, as well as, in strengthening their capability to respond to peace and order concerns.
He also stressed that community involvement is key to public safety, since crime and social ills emanate from the villages.
Angelito Ravanera, acting regional director of Napolcom 11, presented the steps, procedures and processes in the preparation of the annual public safety plan of the province.
He bared the six areas of concern of the plan include: crime prevention and control; fire prevention and suppression; counterinsurgency; environmental enhancement; and, disaster management and control.
