By Dominic B. dela Cruz
Staff Reporter
San
Nicolas, Ilocos Norte—With two robbery cases
that shocked the municipality, local officials here are mulling the putting up
of surveillance systems through a CCTV (Closed-Circuit Television) ordinance.
San Nicolas Mayor Melanie
Grace P. Valdez said she was surprised when she learned that a big
international company and a pawnshop in this town did not have a CCTV system
which could have been used to help the police in solving the robbery case. The
pawnshop also did not employ a security guard.
She added that the
non-installation of a CCTV system is a violation of requirements for pawnshops.
She explained that pawnshops are required to have vaults, security guards and
CCTV system among others.
The CCTV ordinance proposal
was welcomed by San Nicolas police chief P/Chief Insp. Dominic Guerrero.
Guerrero said the CCTV system
would help them in keeping peace and order in the municipality as this aids
them in their investigation and at the same time serves as deterrence for
would-be criminals.
With this development, Ms.
Valdez instructed Guerrero to study the strategic areas where CCTV cameras
would be set up. This however would be dependent on the availability of the
municipality’s fund.
The CCTV ordinance proposal
is currently being tackled at the Sangguniang Bayan.
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