Western Visayas police under new duty shift

All police units under the supervision of the police regional office based at Camp Delgado here, have starting implementing an innovative duty shift scheme aimed at bringing down the crime rates in the region.

The new duty shift was introduced by Police Reg. Dir. CSupt. Isagani Cuevas who advocates the 7-9-7 duty shift scheme of police personnel to ensure enough number of cops to man the police station and render police assistance.

The new scheme will practically erase the long time police practice of a “one-day duty, two-day off” duty shift and other duty shift scheme similar to it.

Cuevas maintained that under the 7-9-7 duty scheme, the personnel in a police station are divided into three teams. Team A reports to duty from 7:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Team B reports from 9:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m Team C reports from 7:00 p.m. to 7:00 a.m. They will be rotated every week.

Each personnel shall have a day off once weekly. In this scheme, all numbers 1 in Teams A, B and C will have their break on Monday. The numbers 2 on Tuesday and so forth.

Cuevas likewise accredited the new duty scheme for the recent successful foiled bank heist in Hinigaran, Negros Occidental and the solving of several robbery incidents in the province of Iloilo Province.

The top policeman of the region also said that he and his staff at the Regional Headquarters regularly conduct surprise inspection at all police units and stations in the region to ensure that 7-9-7 duty shift scheme is being adhered to.

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