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REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES 
First Regular Session 
SENATE 
Senate Bill No.1262 
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INTRODUCED BY HON. MANNY VILLAR 
EXPLANATORY NOTE 
There is a need to educate our people, especially our children, on the importance 
of public safety. This includes: crime prevention, accident prevention, reporting crimes 
and emergencies, and the Patrol "117" Program which provides quick response service 
for emergency, crime and other public safety concerns involving life threatening cases. 
The promotion of peace and order and public safety can help boost the country's 
social and economic growth. 
Immediate passage of this bill is requested. 
ILLAR 
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FIFTEENTH CONGRESS OF THE 
REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES 
First Regular Session 
SENATE 
Senate Bill No.1262 
INTRODUCED BY HON. MANNY VILLAR 
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AN ACT TO PROMOTE PUBLIC SAFETY EDUCATION AND AWARENESS AMONG 
ELEMENTARY, HIGH SCHOOL AND COLLEGE STUDENTS TO DEVELOP 
SAFETY AND SECURITY AWARENESS IN OUR CITIZENRY, APPROPRIATING 
FUNDS THEREOF, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES 
Be it enacted by the Senate and the House of Representatives of the Philippines 
in Congress assembled: 
Section 1. Title. This Act shall be known as "Public Safety Education and 
Awareness Act". 
Section 2. Declaration of Policy. It is hereby declared a policy of the state to 
involve every citizen in the promotion of safety and security, which is a pre-condition to 
development, in keeping with the moral duties, obligations and responsibilities of a 
responsible citizenship. 
Section 3. Definition of Terms. 
a. Public safety education awareness - educating the grade school, high 
, school and college students on public safety 
b. Crime prevention - the state of or absence of crime 
c. Accident prevention - the state of or absence of accident. 
d. Responding - proper response to crime or accident 
e. Reporting - proper reporting of crime or accident to proper authority and 
hotline "117" 
f. Monitoring - information gatherir:lg related to crime on public safety 
violations 
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Section 4. Establishing the Public Safety Education and Awareness Program. In 
pursuit of the foregoing declared policy, there shall be established a "Public Safety 
Education and Awareness Program," to be incorporated in the Department of Education 
(DepEd), Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (TESDA), Commission 
on Higher Education (CHED) curriculum standards for all public/private school levels. 
Section 5. Strategy 
a. Incorporated the Public Safety Education Awareness among children of 
school age, up to college level. 
b. Operationalize a community-focused system nationwide. 
c. Educate children on the consciousness of crime prevention, emergency 
and other public safety undertaking. 
d. Educate children on the consciousness to report crime, emergency and 
other public safety violation to proper authorities and to Hotline "117." 
e, Educate children on how to respond to such emergency on crime, either 
personally or as a witness of the incident. 
f. 
Educate children on how to effectively monitor crime cases, and violation 
of safety. 
g. Educate children on the existence of a universal hotline number "117" and 
how to 
safeguard the 
emergency hotline from 
prank-calls and 
unnecessary calls. 
h. Educate the citizenry that lesser prank and or illegitimate calls to Hotline 
"117" assures the public of being responded when there is emergency 
called through" 117." 
Section 6. Mandating the Incorporation of Public Safety Awareness in the 
Curriculum. The DepEd, TESDA, CHED shall incorporate in the curriculum standards of 
all private and public schools the subject on Public Safety Education and Awareness 
and establish an evaluation mechanism on the effects and results thereof. 
The public safety education subjects to be taken by the students shall be the 
following: 
a. Crime Prevention 
b. Accident Prevention 
c. Reporting Crimes and Emergencies 
d. Patrol "117" Program 
e. The impact of No-Crime to Society 
f. Citizens Involvement in Crime Prevention and Public Safety 
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Section 7. Intervention of NGOs/ Community. The progressive development of 
the public safety education and awareness program shall include the intervention of the 
NGOs/private sectors of various communities/sectoral groups. 
Section 8. Implementing Rules and Regulations. The DepEd, TESDA and CHED 
in coordination with the Department of Interior and Local Government shall issue the 
implementing rules and regulation of this Act, ninety (90) days after its approval. 
Section 9. Separability Clause. If any provision of the Act shall be held 
unconstitutional or invalid, other provisions not otherwise affected shall remain in full 
force and effect. 
Section 10. Repealing Clause. All laws, executive orders and issuances, or any 
part thereof which are inconsistent with the provisions of this Act are hereby repealed or 
amended accordingly. 
Section 11. Effectivity Clause. This Act shall take effect immediately upon its 
approval. 
Approved, 
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