Police criminal investigation group marks 64th anniversary

January 23, 2017

The Criminal Investigation and Detection Group (CIDG) of the Philippine National Police celebrated its 64th anniversary, coinciding with the traditional Monday flag raising ceremony at Camp Crame.

Guest of honor and speaker is Justice Secretary Vitaliano Aguirre II.

Selected CIDG personnel and civilian stakeholders are awarded for their great contribution to its commitment of addressing illegal drugs and criminality.

CIDG Director Roel Obusan said during the past year they have accomplished a lot. .

For 2016, the CIDG achieved numerous operational accomplishments focusing on its program thrusts and using its newest tool, the enhanced Target Output Policy (TOP) – a tool designed and implemented to give direction and focus to chiefs of units by setting specific target outputs and timeline for accomplishments.

From January to December 2016, 4,371 manhunt operations were conducted by the CIDG wherein 5,317 wanted persons were arrested.  One hundred (100) criminal gangs were neutralized with 1,175 gang members arrested.

In its campaign against loose firearms, 1,265 police operations were launched that resulted in the confiscation of 2,002 high and low powered firearms.  The CIDG also conducted 1,598 anti-illegal drugs operations that led to the seizure of 44,983 grams of suspected shabu and 228,405 grams of marijuana.

The group was able to solve 3,818 cases with a crime clearance efficiency of 99.14 percent and 78.79 percent crime solution efficiency. DMS