PNP launches technology-driven poll monitoring center
Credit to Author: The Manila Times| Date: Tue, 07 May 2019 06:30:56 +0000
THE Philippine National Police (PNP) on Tuesday launched the National Election Monitoring Action Center (Nemac) to receive real-time updates from its men deployed in polling centers for the May 13 elections.
Nemac will be manned by 60 police personnel, led by Brig. Gen. Florencio Ortilla, head of the PNP National Operations Center.
PNP Chief General Oscar Albayalde told reporters that Nemac would monitor the situations in all polling centers from Camp Crame, including the arrival of vote counting machines (VCMs), counting of ballots, and delivery of ballot boxes.
“This will give us real-time situation on what is happening on the ground, including the delivery of VCMs in different polling centers and from here, if we want to know the situation there, we could just click on a certain polling center and we will know who are deployed there and we can call directly to that police officer who is deployed in that specific polling center,” he said in a mix of English and Filipino.
In the new Nemac, Albayalde said, PNP personnel don’t have to be physically present in the polling stations but they would still be able to monitor using technology.
“With the technology that is available, we use everything even social media. We take advantage of the technology,” he said.
With the internet, police officers can also send videos and pictures of the situation in polling centers.
In areas where the signal is weak, Albayalde said police personnel would just have to go to the nearest precincts where they have been assured of strong signals.
The PNP will deploy 190,000 police personnel in different parts of the country to assure the safety and security of the public during the May 13 elections.
They also trained 1,404 police personnel to replace teachers who would not render duty as election board officers. ROY NARRA
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