ILOILO CITY, Philippines — The Police Regional Office-6 announced it will put up help desks for persons with disabilities (PWDs) all over Western Visayas to serve these people’s concerns and needs.
Chief Supt. Agrimero Cruz, PRO-6 director, said the PWD help desks will be integrated with the Women and Children’s Protection Desk (WCPD), a police office established in 2011.
Cruz said there are clear barriers faced by PWDs in achieving equality and justice. “Sa ating pakigpag-ugnayan sa mga kapatid nating may kapansanan, ating napag-alaman na may mga kakaiba silang pangangailangan na dapat nating tugunan,” he said.
To bridge some of these gaps, Cruz said he would order some WCPD personnel to undergo special skills like sign language interpretation and communication.
The implementation guidelines of the project are already on its final review and, in coordination with the DSWD and PWD organizations is also being made to ensure that the project will be responsive to its target sector.
Cruz’s brainchild, the project will be proposed to the PNP National Headquarters for its nationwide implementation of the project to all police units nationwide. —(FREEMAN)