ADMINISTRATIVE ORDER NO. 36 -
INSTITUTIONALIZATION OF THE PEOPLE'S ACTION TEAM RESPONDING ON-LINE
(PATROL) PROGRAM AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES
WHEREAS, Administrative Order No. 124
provided for the creation of a Joint Commission on Street Watch
program, a crime prevention and community safety undertaking;
WHEREAS, the Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) is
the lead government agency in the implementation of Street Watch
program with the Foundation for Crime Prevention (FCP) as its private
sector partner;
WHEREAS, the DILG and its partner organizations have revitalized and
expanded the Street Watch program through the introduction of a
barangay-based security and development program known as the People's
Action Team Responding On-Line (PATROL) program;
WHEREAS, there is a need to further strengthen the PATROL program,
through a more strategic tandem between government and civil society,
to manifest government's resolve to carry out not only an anti-crime
program but a broader undertaking encompassing security and development
efforts;
NOW, THEREFORE, I, GLORIA MACAPAGAL-ARROYO, President of the
Philippines, by virtue of the powers vested in me by law, do hereby
order the following:
Section 1. Institutionalizing the PATROL Program. —
The PATROL Program is hereby institutionalized as a barangay-based
security and development program, involving the active participation of
the citizenry and the government through application of various
strategies such as advocacy, training, organization, mobilization and
monitoring.
Sec. 2. Revitalizing the Joint Street Watch
Commission. — The Joint Street Watch Commission shall heretofore be
known as the PATROL "117" Commission which shall likewise serve as
policy making body and overseer of the PATROL Program. The Commission
shall have an implementing arm to be headed by the Executive Director
who is likewise the head of the Commission's secretariat, to ensure the
sound implementation of the program especially in the barangays
nationwide.
Sec. 3. Composition of the Commission. — The
composition of the Commission is constituted as follows:
Chairman
Secretary, Department of Interior and Local Government
President, Bankers Association
of the Philippines;
President, Federation of
Filipino Chinese Chamber of Commerce and Industry;
President, Philippine Chamber of
Commerce and Industry; Executive Vice President, Foundation for Crime
Prevention; Chairman, Kapisanan ng mga Brodkaster sa Pilipinas;
Four (4) representatives from
the private sector who shall be appointed by the Chairman and shall
represent any of the following sectors: academic, religious, media,
labor, legal, youth, women, cooperatives, cultural, minority and
people's organizations.
The Commission shall be composed of members who are deemed volunteers
and shall, therefore, have no corresponding compensation for services
rendered to the Commission.
Sec. 4. The Peace and Order Council. — The
different Peace and Order Councils shall provide support to the program
by actively engaging in the activities thereunder.
Sec. 5. Funding. — The DILG shall provide funding
of P33 Million yearly budget from the DILG Office of the Secretary
Community-Based Fund, to sustain and efficiently operate the program.
Sec. 6. Other Funding Source. — The Foundation for
Crime Prevention (FCP), as partner of the DILG, shall generate fund
sources for the PATROL program to complement government resources.
Sec. 7. LGUs Support Initiative. — The LGUs are
encourage to provide and extend funding support and such other support
through their respective Peace and Order Councils for the effective
implementation of the program.
Sec. 8. Rules and Regulations. — The DILG as
Chairman of the PATROL "117" Commission and Chairman of the National
Peace and Order Council shall issue the necessary guidelines to effect
the implementation of this Order.
Sec. 9. Repealing Clause. — Any provision of
Administrative Order No. 124 and/or other related issuance inconsistent
with the provisions of this Administrative Order is hereby modified and
repealed accordingly.
Sec. 10. Effectivity. — This Order shall take
effect immediately.
Done in the City of Manila,
this 3rd day of May, in the year of Our Lord, two thousand and two.
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