Philippines eyes for centralized crime reporting system

The Philippine government has been pushing for a more updated and centralized system in accounting crime incidents to increase efficiency and accuracy, a senior government official said Thursday.

Department of Interior and Local Government Secretary Mar Roxas said that the Philippine National Police (PNP) officers must " spend less time calculating and more time analyzing" in approaching crimes.

Roxas, whose office has jurisdiction over the PNP, said his office is eyeing to have a stable and secure digital data management system by March this year.

"Let a consistent, robust, and world class system or program with internal sub-checking do the work for you," he said referring to the software that will aid the police in consolidating crime report. Endi