Gadget tracks down criminals

SECURITY MEASURE --- 603rd Brigade Commander Col. Jesus Sarsagat (left) receives a "Face Recognition System" from Mayor Atty. Frances Cynthia Guiani-Sayadi, a special kind of gadget with an application that could easily track down criminals through facial identification/recognition. (CITY GOVERNMENT OF COTABATO – MINDANAO EXPOSE’)

COTABATO CITY --- To further strengthen its security measures, the city government of Cotabato though mayor Atty. Frances Cynthia Guiani-Sayadi turned over to 603rd Brigade commander Col. Jesus Sarsagat a "Face Recognition System,” a special kind of gadget with an application that could easily track down criminals through facial identification or recognition.

Col. Sarsagat heads the Task Force Kutawato.

Present during the turn-over were National Intelligence Coordinating Agency- 12  Director Everly Bobot Tajanlangit, 5th Special Forces Battalion commander Lt. Col. James Uri, Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency-autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao director Juvenal Azurin, and some other unit commanders.

Mayor Guiani-Sayadi is confident that with the city government, military, police,  the civilian populace, and all other stakeholders working together, Cotabato City would be safe from terror threats.

Just recently, Mayor Guiani-Sayadi signed Executive Order No. 222 or the Establishment of Common Boat Docking Areas along the Tamontaka River, Rio Grande de Mindanao, and Matampay River.

The move is in accord with the latest pronouncement of President Rodrigo R. Duterte regarding the high level of threat to the security in "Cotabato," but with no specific place mentioned here in Central Mindanao.

Under the executive order, the docking areas would regulate the entry of boats and other small water vessels to the city and prevent the possible smuggling of contrabands and other illegal items.

“Because a group of lawless elements is also known to travel by water, only a few number of areas are identified to be the docking areas of boats entering the city,” Mayor Guiani-Sayadi stressed.

These barangays include Sitio Biniruan in Poblacion 9, Sitio Bucana in Kalanganan Mother, Purok 4 in Tamontaka 3, Barangay Kalanganan 2 (300 meters before the Grand Mosque), and Timako Hill.

“This is part of our continuing efforts to safeguard the city from any form of threats,” Mayor Guiani-Sayadi said. (GILMHAR A. LAO - MINDANAO EXPOSE’)