TRAVEL REPORT
October 1, 2013
Seminar
Overview
In this day we had our minor field
trip at the Public Safety and Security Command Center of Davao City. This
agency handles the public safety and security of Davao City. PSSCC is the
counter part of Davao to the MMDA of Manila. After we visited PSSCC, I could
really tell whose facilities are better than the other. In this seminar, I
learned how this part of the government works to protect and respond to any
accidents in the streets of Davao City.
Day
1
Today I went to a seminar at PSSCC
also known as Public Safety and Security Command Center of Davao City located
at Sandawa, just beside Central 911’s main office. PSSCC is the MMDA of Davao
but is way much better than it because it is powered by IBM. If I would compare
the two, I can really say that Davao’s PSSCC is way better than MMDA in a way
that the cameras here have high resolution and the streaming isn’t lag at all
unlike in the CCTVs of MMDA that are pixelated and lag. Though their building
is small but you will be amazed in the inside yea, it’s small but the
facilities and cleanliness of the building is good.
What
I learned?
I learned that our safety and security
command center was made possible because of the partnership of the City
Government and IBM. Inday Sara Duterte, the City Mayor of 2012 had attended a
conference of IBM. She aimed to make Davao a smarter city. Eventually, last
June 2013, the new CCTVs have been installed in the major streets of Davao
City. They have installed one in Lasang and two in Calinan. In short, they have
installed in every entrance and exit of the City, even in the airport they have
one.
What
I liked?
I liked how they accommodate their
guest. I really liked how our government reached out and made an initiative of making
our City’s security high. There is low percentage of crimes here in Davao City.
I am happy to be able to enter such high-end agency here in Davao City. It
somehow made me proud of our City.
What
I didn’t like?
I have nothing to dislike about this
seminar for it had gave me knowledge on how Davao City manages the public
safety and security of all the Dabawenyos.
APPENDIX
What can I recommend for the
improvement of the advance seminar program of USEP?
I recommend to plan earlier to avoid
delays. I also recommend choosing responsible and patient officers, the one who
will not give up easily.
My advice to those who will take their
advance seminar program in the near future is that they should ask questions if
anything bothers them. Behave and be attentive always.
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