{"id":11881,"date":"2025-02-19T00:02:00","date_gmt":"2025-02-18T16:02:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/?p=11881"},"modified":"2025-02-18T23:55:49","modified_gmt":"2025-02-18T15:55:49","slug":"intensified-katok-drive-nets-260-guns-in-central-luzon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/2025\/02\/19\/intensified-katok-drive-nets-260-guns-in-central-luzon\/","title":{"rendered":"INTENSIFIED \u2018KATOK\u2019 DRIVE NETS 260\u00a0GUNS IN CENTRAL LUZON"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p><strong>BY KEVIN GALANG<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p><strong>CAMP OLIVAS, Pampanga \u2013 The Police Regional Office 3 (PRO3) seized some 260 short firearms from January 10 to February 15 through its revitalized \u201c&#8217;Katok\u201d campaign.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p><strong>PRO3 director Brig. Gen. Jean Fajardo said the Central Luzon cops have been actively reaching out to firearm holders, urging them to surrender loose and unrenewed firearms.&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p><strong>Fajardo underscored the critical role of responsible gun ownership, especially during the election period, and called on firearm holders with expired licenses to voluntarily deposit their firearms at the nearest police station.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p><!-- wp:image {\"id\":11883,\"sizeSlug\":\"large\",\"linkDestination\":\"none\"} --><\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"691\" src=\"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/katokpopo-1024x691.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-11883\" srcset=\"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/katokpopo-1024x691.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/katokpopo-300x203.jpg 300w, https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/katokpopo-768x518.jpg 768w, https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/katokpopo.jpg 1080w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"><\/figure>\n<p><!-- \/wp:image --><\/p>\n<p><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u201cWe remind all gun owners to renew their firearm licenses or surrender their firearms for safekeeping. This is not just about compliance\u2014it is about protecting lives and ensuring a peaceful electoral process,&#8221; Fajardo stressed.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p><strong>She said the Revitalized \u201cKatok\u201d initiative reaffirms PRO3\u2019s commitment to peace and order through proactive policing and community collaboration.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p><strong>Fajardo assured that all surrendered firearms are properly documented and secured, as she added that they are also assisting firearm holders in complying with the regulations.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>BY KEVIN GALANG CAMP OLIVAS, Pampanga &ndash; The Police Regional Office 3 (PRO3) seized some 260 short firearms from January 10 to February 15 through<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":11882,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[6],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11881"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11881"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11881\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11884,"href":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11881\/revisions\/11884"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/11882"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11881"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11881"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11881"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}