Public order and safety

2. WHAT COMES FIRST INTO
YOUR MIND WHEN YOU HEAR
THE TERMS ORDER AND
SAFETY?

3. PUBLIC ORDER AND SAFETY
•In humanitarian law, the terms public order or law and order
describe the general conditions that must exist so that individuals
can enjoy their rights and freedoms.
•There is no specific definition to explain the contents of the notion of
“public order”. It is generally understood to include both legal and
physical guarantees of freedom, security and peace of mind, which
are necessary for individuals to live together in society.

4. PUBLIC ORDER AND SAFETY
•Legal scholars define public safety as the “protection of the general
public” and they reference groups like police officers and
firefighters as Public Safety Officers. Many governments form their
policies on this idea of protecting people’s physical welfare. They
often focus on combating crime in an effort to help community
members feel secure and they hire for roles like law enforcement
officers and medical emergency responders.

5. ENSURING PUBLIC ORDER AND SAFETY
1. Improved public safety through partnerships among law
enforcement, local government units (LGU) and communities.
- To protect and ensure public safety, the government continued to
increase police presence by hiring more police personnel and
establishing police stations in strategic areas.

6. ENSURING PUBLIC ORDER AND SAFETY
2. Enhanced public awareness on cybersecurity through various
engagements with the public and private sector.
- The increasing dependence on the internet for digital transactions
and the more sophisticated and advanced cybersecurity risks and
threats must be countered by continuous technical upgrading by the
security sector.

7. ENSURING PUBLIC ORDER AND SAFETY
3. Strengthened efforts on disaster resiliency.
- This was strengthened though simulation exercises on various
disaster events such as typhoons, volcanic eruption and earthquakes
and improved information dissemination by translating disaster
information materials to various languages.

8. SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCING ALL FORMS OF
CRIMINALITY AND ILLEGAL DRUGS
1. Intensified law enforcement significantly reduced incidence of
criminality and illegal drugs.
-The Philippine Anti-illegal Drugs Strategy (PADS) guided the
neutralization of drug activities and key drug personalities, while
ensuring the provision of rehabilitation support for drug users and
surrenderees.

9. SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCING ALL FORMS OF
CRIMINALITY AND ILLEGAL DRUGS
2. The government has gained substantial ground in the fight against
radicalization and extremism leading to terrorism.
-The National Action Plan on Preventing and Countering Violent
Extremism (NAPPCVE) was rolled out to implement its key strategies
following a whole-of-nation approach.

10. WHAT DO YOU THINK WILL
HAPPEN IF THERE WILL BE NO
PLANS AND ACTIONS TO ENSURE
PUBLIC SAFETY IN OUR
COUNTRY?

11. AS A STUDENT, HOW WILL YOU
LEAD YOUR FELLOW STUDENTS
TO MAINTAIN PEACE AND ORDER
INSIDE YOUR CLASSROOM OR
SCHOOL?