Texting facility allows security guards to report crimes to police for free

Security guards don’t have to worry about not being able to report to the police when they ran out of cellphone load.

They can report crimes to the Philippine National Police (PNP) through a free texting facility provided by Globe Telecom.

With the webtool facility,  security guards can  text the PNP for free in the event of the occurrence of suspicious actions and characters around the vicinity of the private and government properties where they serve.

With around 36,000 security guards all over the region, the PNP’s peacekeeping force is multiplied a thousand fold with the particiation of the guards.

The webtool allows the PNP to track the location of the security guard through a pin drop in the map provided in the program.

This makes it fast and convenient for the nearest police station to respond to the crime report and help reduce crime in the city of Cebu and the entire province.

With the collaboration of the Philippine Association of Detective and Protective Agency Operators Inc. and the Police Regional Office in Central Visayas under Chief Superintendent Marcelo Garbo Jr. and Globe Telecom’s Corporate Regulatory Affairs Group head Jerry Yntig and legal counsel Mac Gordon, the  program has provided the security guards with TM SIMS with special rates and the free texting facility.

This program is on its pilot run with the top five security agencies of Cebu.