LAND Transportation Office (LTO) Chief, Assistant Secretary Atty. Vigor D. Mendoza II has ordered the conduct of refresher courses for all the agency enforcers nationwide following the viral incident in Panglao, Bohol.
“The incident that happened in Bohol calls for a deeper and systematic approach to ensure that this will not happen again in the future. So we will be holding retraining for all LTO enforcers nationwide, and it’s mandatory,” said Asec Mendoza.
Asec Mendoza said he already instructed the head and personnel of the LTO-Law Enforcement Service (LES) at the Central Office to craft an updated version of the protocol that should be observed in the enforcing traffic rules and regulations.
The retraining program, according to Asec Mendoza, will focus on observing human rights and proper procedures in enforcing all the road safety regulations.
Asec Mendoza’s order stemmed from the viral video of alleged manhandling of five LTO enforcers on a motorcycle rider who allegedly yielded a knife during the conduct of enforcement in Panglao.
DOTr Secretary Vince Dizon has already ordered the immediate preventive suspension of all LTO personnel involved in the incident in Panglao, Bohol.
“This will remain in effect pending the completion of a thorough and impartial investigation into the circumstances surrounding the event,” the DOTr statement read.
Asec Mendoza earlier ordered the temporary suspension of deployment of LTO enforcers in Bohol pending the result of the investigation he ordered after receiving the report of the incident.
He said corrective measures are now being conducted, and part of them is the conduct of a retraining program for all LTO enforcers.
Asec Mendoza said they will seek the assistance of the Philippine National Police in crafting the guideline on LTO enforcement and in the actual retraining itself.
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