Question & AnswerQ&A (EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 226)
The purpose of Executive Order No. 226 is to institutionalize the PATROL "117" Hotline as the Nationwide Emergency Hotline Number to strengthen public safety efforts through government and private sector cooperation.
The Major Service Responders include the Philippine National Police, Bureau of Fire Protection, Bureau of Jail Management and Penology, Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency, National Bureau of Investigation, Emergency Assistance and Response Network, MMDA (Metro Manila), and other related government agencies and civic groups.
There shall be a PATROL Hotline "117" Public Safety Answering Center in every Region, Province, City, Municipality, and Barangay to ensure nationwide coverage.
It is a volunteer service responders network organized to advocate, train, mobilize, and monitor the field-level implementation of PATROL "117", headed by the Chief of Police and involving various government and non-government stakeholders.
The PATROL "117" Development Office is headed by a Director with an equivalent Plantilla of Director IV, appointed by the President. It consists of uniformed personnel from the interior sector and non-uniform plantilla subject to Civil Service rules and regulations.
The Commission is chaired by the Secretary of the Interior and Local Government and Chairman of NAPOLCOM, co-chaired by the Chairman of a Private Sector Organization, and comprises members from government agencies and private sectors including education, MMDA, telephone carriers, broadcasters, bankers, and the business community.
The functions include preparing policy proposals for national security and development, recommending policies on crime prevention and public safety, and performing other duties directed by the President.
All government agencies are stakeholders and must provide necessary support for the promotion of peace, order, and public safety as part of the PATROL "117" program.
Private sectors and NGOs are enjoined to actively participate in advocating crime prevention and public safety through various capacities under the program.
Initial funding comes from the savings of the Department of the Interior and Local Government allotted to the PATROL "117" Commission and community-based funds, with subsequent funding included in the regular appropriations of the concerned departments.
It is responsible for planning and implementing the program, institutionalizing the hotline and volunteer networks, monitoring and evaluating operational readiness, and serving as the secretariat of the PATROL "117" Commission.
ATOMM stands for advocate, train, organize, mobilize, and monitor; these teams are field-level implementers of the PATROL "117" program organized in every city and municipality under the leadership of the Chief of Police.
The Secretary of the Interior and Local Government is tasked with formulating and issuing the implementing rules and regulations for effective implementation of the Executive Order.
Yes, it repeals or modifies any inconsistent executive issuances to align with the provisions of this Order.
The Order took effect immediately upon signing on July 14, 2003.