Memorandum

Davao City's CCTV Ordinance: a Pioneer in the Country's Effort 

for the Maintenance of Peace and Order

Last September 15, 2014, The Department of Interior and Local Government disseminated DILG Memorandum Circular No. 2014 – 119; “DIRECTING CITIES/CAPITAL TOWNS TO REQUIRE THE INSTALLATION OF CLOSED CIRCUIT TELEVISIONS (CCTV) FOR CERTAIN BUSINESS ESTABLISHMENTS IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 16 (GENERAL WELFARE CLAUSE) OF REPUBLIC ACT NO. 7160 TO SUPPORT THE MAINTENANCE OF PEACE AND ORDER AND PUBLIC SAFETY”.

It’s good to know that way back December 4, 2012, the Davao City Council already enacted City Ordinance No. 0407-12: “An Ordinance requiring all establishments, whether commercial, industrial or financial institutions, with capitalization of not less than Three Million Pesos (P3,000,000.00), including, but not limited to, banks, pawnshops, restaurants, shopping malls, hotels, inns, educational institutions, hospital and medical institutions, gaming cockpits (sabungans), private transport terminals on land, air and sea, operating within the City of Davao, to install, operate, and maintain Closed Circuit Television (CCTV) cameras in public/common area/s.

Isn’t this amazing?  This only shows that we are way ahead in terms of technological advancement in relation to the maintenance of peace and order and public safety.  This is something that EVERY DAVAEῇO MUST BE PROUD OF.  Thus, Davao City can be considered as A STANDARD OF PROGRESS AND DEVELOPMENT WHERE ALL OTHER CITIES FOLLOW.