Interior and Local Government Secretary Jose Lina, who chairs the National Peace and Order Council (NPOC), said RPOC-11, headed by Davao City Mayor Rodrigo Duterte, bested 15 other RPOCs and bagged a trophy and a cash prize of P200,000.
Lina made the announcement during the 36th anniversary celebration of the National Police Commission (Napolcom) last Friday.
The RPOCs of Region 4 (Southern Tagalog) and the Cordillera Administrative Region (CAR) won second and third places, respectively, and were each awarded a trophy and cash prizes of P100,000 and P50,000.
The winners in the different POC subnational categories were earlier announced by lawyer Florante Seril, NPOC National Awards subcommittee chairman and permanent NPOC member representing the academe, during the recent joint NPOC-RPOC meeting at Camp Crame.
Seril said the NPOC award and reward system was first launched in 1996 to inspire and motivate the POCs in the discharge of their duties and responsibilities in maintaining peace and order.
Other winners of the 2000 Best POC Awards were the following:
• Best Provincial Peace and Order Council (PPOC) — first to third class: Nueva Vizcaya, first place; Southern Leyte, second; and Davao del Norte, third.
• Best Provincial Peace and Order Council (PPOC) — fourth to sixth class: Mt. Province, first place; and Antique, second.
• Best City Peace and Order Council (CPOC) — highly urbanized city category: Naga City, first place; and Quezon City, second.
• Best City Peace and Order and Order Council (CPOC) — component city category: Laoag City, Ilocos Norte, first place; Ormoc City, Leyte, second; and Bago City, Negros Occidental, third.
• Best Municipal Peace and Order Council (MPOC) — first to third class: Dumangas, Iloilo, first place; Solano, Nueva Vizcaya, second; and, Bauang, La Union, third.
• Best Municipal Peace and Order Council (MPOC), fourth to sixth class: Pinili, Ilocos Norte, first place; Concepcion, Iloilo, second; and, Malitbog, Southern Leyte, third.