Camp Ruperto K Kangleon, Palo, Leyte  - The chief of the Philippine National Police, Director General Jesus A Verzosa  is set to conduct and grace the C,PNP’s Legacy Run & Transformation Roadmap 2016 on June 9, 2010 at Zumarraga, Samar .  This has been disclosed by Police Regional Director Rey Laquihon Lañada. He said that this has been initiated due to the fact that the Chief PNP has been inspired by the success of the 2nd round of the PNP Transformation Caravan that culminated on March 29, 2010 and the successful conduct of the 2010 National and Local Elections. 

          Further, he said that such run is envisioned to advocate and promote awareness of the PNP Integrated Transformation Program-Performance Governance System 2016 (PNP ITP-PGS 2016) and de-brief police officers and stakeholders on the campaign of Honest, Orderly, and Peaceful Elections 2010 (HOPE 2010).   He elaborated that the roadmap for PNP Transformation 2016 intends to make the police a highly capable, effective and credible law enforcement unit by 2030. Moreover, he said that the PNP Transformation 2016 Roadmap contains the 15 Strategic initiatives that address the objectives of the PNP Integrated Transformation Program-Performance Governance System (ITG-PGS): “The PNP Transformation 2016 is a portion of our journey to a transformed PNP by 2030.”Said strategy includes sustaining the development of trans-formational leaders at all levels and the full implementation of the model police station project nationwide. The capability enhancement program - pursue legislative agenda to strengthen the institution, sustain transformation advocacy with the stakeholders and the five pillars of the criminal justice system - as well as sustaining the implementation of the morale and welfare program, should be fully implemented, he added. He said that there is also a need for institutionalization of the PNP program management office at all levels, strengthen the training service and sustain the implementation of the integrated quad operations to address the threats of terrorism, insurgency and criminality. In addition, the PNP should also promote rights-based policing, integrate operation and administrative data bases or data warehousing. He said the police force must also institutionalize reform policies on human resource management including promotion, placement, and recruitment.“We have laid down the foundation for continuing implementation of our transformation program but more things need to be done and we need to do them better,” he added.