ROLE OF

TECHNOLOGY IN
PUBLIC SAFETY
EFREN LAGAC FERNANDEZ II, MTCP PESE RCrim Ph.D
Police Lieutenant Colonel
Assistant Chief, Regional Community Affairs and Development Division
Chief, Regional Public Information Office
Police Regional Office 2
 EFREN L FERNANDEZ II, MTCP PESE RCrim Ph.D.
Police Lieutenant Colonel

• Lateral Entry 2001 - Information Technology Officer / Line Officer

• Affiliate Member, PNPA BUKLOD-DIWA Class 2001
• Licensed Criminologist / CSC Professional / NAPOLCOM PES Eligible
• Spouse: PLTCOL MARITES Q FERNANDEZ (PNPA CL 2001)
• Work Experience:
• Police Commissioned Officer (2001 to date)
• Systems Administrator (2000)
• Technical Support Coordinator (1998) CYBER CRIME
• Educational Background: INVESTIGATOR
• De La Salle University – Dasmariñas, Cavite SCUBA DIVING INSTRUCTOR
• BS Major in Criminology (2004) ; Licensed Criminologist
• BSBA Major in Management Minor in Computer Programming (1998)
• University of Wollongong, New South Wales, AUSTRALIA
• Masters in Transnational Crime Prevention (MTCP) 2008
• “The present jurisdictional loopholes in cyber crimes and what is the optimal solution for the Philippines?”
• Graduate Certificate in Transnational Crime Prevention (GCTCP) 2007
• Bicol University (Off Campus) - Camp Crame
• Doctor in Philosophy in Peace and Security Administration (PhD PASA) 2013
• Philippine Law School – Pasay City
• Juris Doctor – 4th Year ONGOING
• Philippine Public Safety College – Quezon City
• Masters in Public Safety Administration (MPSA) ONGOING
ROLE OF TECHNOLOGY IN
PUBLIC SAFETY
• VUCA World
• 5 Trends in Law Enforcement
• Special Public Safety Issues
• Welfare Legal Basis
• Internet of Things: Issues and Challenges
• Future of Public Safety
• Homeland Security Concept
“In the VUCA world, immersive learning, experiential
learning, is the pedagogy of choice, because it’s not just a
fixed body of knowledge that you want to transfer. It’s a
whole contextual set of lessons that you have to learn
almost at the muscle memory level, to make them real” –
Bob Johansen, 2012, Distinguished Fellow, Institute for the Future.
5 TRENDS IN LAW
ENFORCEMENT
• Focus on Community Oriented Policing
• Increasing Use of Technology and Tools
• Expanding Opportunities for Women in Law
Enforcement
• The Fast-Growing Threat of Cyber Crime
• Promoting a New Generation into Leadership Roles
SPECIAL ISSUES
• Republic Act No. 7160 - “Local
Government Code of 1991”
• Section 16. General Welfare – Every local government unit shall
exercise the powers expressly granted, those necessarily implied
therefrom, as well as the powers necessary, appropriate, or
incidental for its efficient and effective governance, and those
which are essential to the promotion of the general welfare.
Within their respective territorial jurisdictions, local
government units shall ensure and support, among other things,
the preservation and enrichment of culture, promote health and
safety, enhance the right of the people to a balanced ecology,
encourage and support the development of appropriate and self-
reliant scientific and technological capabilities, improve public
morals, enhance economic prosperity and social justice, promote
full employment among their residents, maintain peace and
order, and preserve the comfort and convenience of their
inhabitants.
SPECIAL ISSUES
• Internet of Things
ISSUES CHALLENGES
• Security Potential for Cyber attacks
• Privacy Data Protection
• Interoperability / Siloed Government
Standards databases / Newly
established DICT / Cyber
Plan not rolled out
• Legal, Regulatory, and Few are cyber related and
Rights the rest are traditional
• Emerging Economy and New opportunities set since
Development Issues 2000 (Ra 8792) /Regulators
lack facilities / Pandemic
 FUTURE OF PUBLIC
SAFETY
• Important and necessary Technology
• Video and Security Analytics
• Data Collection
• Artificial Intelligence
• Officer wellness and safety
• And many others
 FUTURE OF PUBLIC
SAFETY
• In terms of Public Safety Education using INTERPOL
Cyber FUSION Concept
THANK YOU
AND
GOOD DAY!
cyberssc.01@gmail.com
GRADED PRACTICAL EXAMS
• Do Survey - https://forms.gle/98xdfLDzWR6Avsm87 NLT until
12 midnight

• To determine your knowledge technically and in cyber.

• To bypass mandatory fields:

• Write any name if you deemed not to write your own

name likewise choose any province other than Tuguegarao
and Batanes. Years in service and designation just select 1-
3 years.

• Class Marcher to viber me at 09178512677 for your

Performance Task.
REFERENCES
• https://celemi.com/blog/2019/business-acumen-vuca-world/
• https://onlinedegrees.sandiego.edu/top-5-trends-in-law-enforcement/
• Republic Act 7160 otherwise known as “Local Government Code of 1991”
• Republic Act 10173 otherwise known as ”Data Privacy Act”
• Republic Act 8792 otherwise known as “e-Commerce Act of 2000”
• https://www.internetsociety.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/ISOC-IoT-Overview-2015122
1-en.pdf