Philippine National Police(PNP)

February 9, 2021 Dear bezalel Ala-an, I refer to my letter of Sep 24, 2020 04:12:19 PM about your request under Executive Order No. 2 (s. 2016) on Freedom of Information in the Executive Branch, for crime rate of General Santos city. In order for us to work further on your request, we need more information from you regarding your query. We would like to inform you that as a matter of protocol for requesting data within our office, please secure first a formal letter request to PRO 12 Regional Community Affairs Division (Attn: Public Information Section) at email [email protected] and submit endorsement letter from your company/school prior approval of your request. We apologize for not able to process immediately your request due to our efoi not yet fully functional, thank you for your consideration . In particular, it would be helpful to know if you are still interested on the said data. You may use the reply function on the eFOI portal at http://efoi-ph.appspot.com/requests/aglzfmVmb2ktcGhyHQsSB0NvbnRlbnQiEFBOUC0zMjMzNTg0NzAxMTcM, for request with ticket number #PNP-323358470117, to respond. During the period of us awaiting your reply, your request will be put on hold. If we do not receive a reply on or before May 04, 2021 02:54:18 AM, your request will be closed. We hope to hear from you at the soonest possible time. Thank you. Respectfully, PRO 12 Philippine National Police FOI Officer

May 04, 2021 Dear bezalel, I refer to my letter of Feb 09, 2021 about your request under Executive Order No. 2 (s. 2016) on Freedom of Information in the Executive Branch, for crime rate of General Santos city. In particular, I had requested specific information for you to clarify upon in order for us to proceed with the request. As we have not received a reply within the 60-day working period since the letter requesting for clarification was sent out, we regret to inform you that this request will be closed as of May 04, 2021. You may wish to submit a new request describing the specific information you are looking for, and we will be able to consider it under the guidelines as stated in Executive Order No. 2. Your right to request a review If you are unhappy with this response to your FOI request, you may ask us to carry out an internal review of the response by writing to or visiting our central office. Your review request should explain why you are dissatisfied with this response, and should be made within 15 calendar days from the date when you received this letter. We will complete the review and tell you the result within 30 calendar days from the date when we receive your review request. If you are not satisfied with the result of the review, you then have the right to appeal to the Office of the President under Administrative Order No. 22 (s. 2011). Thank you. Respectfully, PRO 12 FOI Officer