Protective Services

Police Services

For public safety and assurance, the Ilocos Sur Provincial Police Office is tasked to protect and inform the people, residents and visitors alike about the province’s present peace and order status.

From all indications, Ilocos Sur is peaceful and orderly despite the incidence of some separate crimes against persons committed in the province.  Although it has its share in the criminality picture, the situation is still manageable and under control by all the officers and men of the Ilocos Sur Police Provincial Office.

The Ilocos Sur Police Provincial Office is headed by a provincial director. It has a complement of two (2) Police Provincial Mobile Groups (PPMG) and 34 Municipal Police Stations.  The first PPMG based at the Ilocos Sur Police Provincial Office covers the whole of the first district of the province with 11 municipalities.  The second PPMG is based in Narvacan and involves the second district of the province with 23 municipalities under its turf.  The command has an actual strength of 47 PCOs, 774 PNCOs and 7 NUPs.

For the year 2001, the crime situation in the province remains stable.  Crime volume for the period was registered at 628 incidents. Of this number, 270 were Index Crimes, 243 were crimes against person and 27 were crimes against property.  Out of the 628 incidents, 579 cases were solved giving a Crime Solution Efficiency of 92.9%.  Crime rate was 9.6 per 100,000 population.

Fire Protection

In the province, there are 12 municipalities with five (5) fire stations and (six) municipalities with fire pump.  These five stations/fire pumps are manned by 101 fire protection personnel.  At present, there are 17 fire stations, 10 fire pumps and one ambulance.  The ratio of fire personnel to population is 1:5876.