This assurance was made by Colonel Alberto Lupaz, director of the Davao City Police Office during the AFP-PNP Press Corps Briefing Wednesday morning (August 16) at the Royal Mandaya Hotel.
He said as long as the media practitioner has the permission from the chief of police and the desk officer-on duty to browse the blotter, it is okay to allow the media access to information through the police blotter.
“The media practitioner must ask the permission from the chief of police in that police station and the police officer-on duty. It is not proper that the media practitioner would immediately browse the police blotter without the knowledge of the chief of police and the desk-officer,” Lupaz said.
Lupaz said that unlike in the past when the police blotter could be ripped off, it cannot be done now because the contents of the blotter are written in a chronological order and is computerized
He said the police blotter as a public document but those accessing it must secure the permission of the chief of police and desk-officer on duty.
Lupaz said the police tends to be careful when it comes to the blotter from the Women and Childrens Protection Desks of the Philippine National Police since it has the names of the rape victims and the perpetrators. (PIA)
Davao City Police Office Chief Colonel Alberto Lupaz