• GILBERT P. BAYORAN

Mayor Javier Miguel Benitez yesterday turned over various safety and security equipment to the Victorias Traffic Authority Office (VTAO) and the City Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Office (CDRRMO).
Benitez said the distribution of safety and security equipment is aimed at intensifying the efforts of the Victorias City government to promote peace and order and empower the personnel of VTAO and CDRRMO.
Hence, the safety and security equipment shall be used to promote police visibility in the locality, strengthen the security for the welfare and safety of the general public, empower law enforcement officers, and reinforce the activities of PNP against illegal drugs, other hindrances to peace and order, and lawlessness on the city’s roads, the mayor said.
Turned over by Benitez were 20 LED strobe lights, 2 megaphones, 50 traffic cones, 45 reflectorized vests, 38 raincoats, 45 flashlights, two base radio sets with accessories, four units of speed guns, four units breath analyzers, 25 units of handheld radios, and four units of decibel meter for mufflers.
In a statement issued by the City government Public Information Office, Benitez also said that the CCTV installed at the Bureau of Fire Protection-Victorias and city police station are now functional.
Vice Mayor Abelardo Bantug III, Councilor Derek Palanca, and Disaster Risk Reduction Management Officer Rodolfo Retirado also attended the turnover rites.*