The government is considering the acquisition of motorcycles for policemen to enhance their capability to fight criminality especially in the streets.In his televised address Wednesday, President Duterte bared government plans to buy motorbikes, train cops on how to ride the two-wheel vehicle, and deploy them in plainclothes to chase down suspects.
“I really intend to go hard within the last two years of my term pati itong mga kriminal . We have seen an upsurge of holdups, streets crimes again because of the liberality being offered by the opening of the economy and of course, people are now allowed to roam freely and to travel,” he said. Duterte, a motorcycle enthusiast, asked Interior and Local Government Secretary Eduardo Año to plan the motorcycle acquisition, suggesting that the 250cc motorbike would be a “good one.”
“It’s not just a matter of knowing how to ride a bike, bicycle, motorcycle. Dito sa motorsiklo, you have to, the one that keeps the, I’m sure everybody knows this, is really the body, the rear portion, puwet. Kailangan pag-aralan ‘yan ,” he said.