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San Juan City chosen as pilot city for crime reporting app

Published Nov 8, 2023 06:20 am

The city of San Juan has been chosen by the national government to become the pilot city for its newest crime reporting and prevention application.

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(Photo from Mayor Francis Zamora)

San Juan City Mayor Francis Zamora was visited by officials of the Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG), Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT), and the Philippine National Police (PNP), as they presented to him the eGovPH mobile app which integrates various government services into a single platform. This allows the public to easily report crimes.

DICT Undersecretary David Almirol demonstrated how to use the application to report crimes and how law enforcers receive and respond to reports.

The city was chosen as the pilot city for the implementation of the project due to the city government's responsiveness to innovation and Zamora's proactiveness.

On Oct. 25, San Juan City racked up citations from the DILG Urban Governance Exemplar Awards for its outstanding performance in the following functionality assessments:

- Anti-Drug Abuse Council Performance Audit
- Child-friendly Local Governance Audit
- Local Committee on Anti-Trafficking - Violence Against Women and their Children Functionality Audit
- Local Council for the Protection of Children Functionality Audit 
- Peace and Order Council Performance Audit
- Local Legislative Award
- Implementation of the Manila Bay Clean-up, Rehabilitation and Preservation Program

The mayor expressed his gratitude to the DILG and vowed the city government's continuous exemplary performance in implementing its programs and initiatives in improving the lives of residents under the "Makabagong San Juan" banner.  

In March, Zamora said he aims to share and implement the city's best practices against illegal drugs and criminality with other LGUs in the National Capital Region (NCR) as he underscored the importance of proper coordination between local governments and the national government in maintaining peace and order in the region.

"'Yung mga best practices natin, na isa sa mga magagandang characteristic ng aming samahan bilang mga mayors, ay 'yung best practices ay pwede naming i-implement sa aming mga lungsod. Hindi nagkakaroon ng inggitan, hindi nagkakaroon ng isyu kung gagayahin n'ya ang mga magagandang bagay (Sharing the best practices of our respective localities with each other is one of the good characteristics of our relationship as mayors. No one is being envious of one another and there is no issue in replicating the best practices of other cities)," Zamora, who is also the Metro Manila Council (MMC) president and Regional Peace and Order Council (RPOC) chairman, said.

Zamora said he intends to share San Juan's best practices in curbing illegal drugs and maintaining peace and order with the other local executives.

San Juan City was previously recognized by the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) as the first city in Metro Manila with 100 percent of its barangays declared as drug-cleared.

The PNP also cited the city for having the lowest crime rate among other cities in Metro Manila.

Zamora stressed that the success of San Juan City in terms of fighting illegal drugs and criminality is the fruit of the partnership of the city government with its residents and the national government.

He also noted that the city also gives assistance to its people who use drugs (PWUDS) by providing them with intervention and rehabilitation.

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