IMPLEMENTING GUIDELINES IN THE IMPLEMENTATION OF MEMORANDUM CIRCULAR NO. ACL-2009- 1123

In order to have a general application and uniform implementation of Memorandum Circular No. ACL-2009-1123 Re: Delineation of Functions in Law Enforcement and Adjudication of Cases in the Regional level, the following guidelines shall be observed:

1. The adjudication function of the Operations Division in the
regions shall now be transferred to the Office of the Assistant Regional
Director with the Assistant Regional Director acting as the Approving
Officer in all apprehension cases including those under appeal from the
district offices;

2. All Regional Directors are hereby instructed to cause the
reassignments of personnel in the Operations Division performing
adjudication function to assist the Assistant Regional Directors in the
disposal of apprehension cases;

3. Personnel assigned to assist the Assistant Regional Director
should at least be a holder of a Transportation Regulations Officer
(TRO)/Public Utility Regulations Officer (PURO) position or a salary
grade level 11, preferably with a background in the study of law;

4. Multi tasking shall remain to be enforced in the Operations
Division in view of the lack of personnel but the supervision of the
field enforcement shall continue to be exercised by the Chief of the
Operations Division;

5. To maintain the principle of “check and balance”,
all personnel assigned to the Office of the Assistant Regional Director
to do the adjudication function shall no longer be eligible for
deputation as member of the law enforcement team or shall no longer be
allowed to apprehend motor vehicles in the enforcement of the provisions
of Republic Act No. 4136 (Land Transportation and Traffic Code of the
Philippines) and its related laws, rules and regulations;

6. In Regional Offices where there are no functional assistant
regional directors, like Region IV-B, the Regional Director is hereby
given the free hand or discretion to designate a qualified personnel and
his staff to do the adjudication function. The office order issued for
this purpose shall be furnished to the Office of the Assistant
Secretary for records purposes;

7. These guidelines shall be operational only at the Regional
Office level. The existing procedure shall be retained at the District
Offices. Hence, all apprehensions submitted to the District Offices by
duly deputized law enforcement agents shall be recorded, evaluated,
encoded, adjudicated and disposed thereat while that of the Operations
Division shall be done at the Regional Office. Appealed cases from the
district offices shall be forwarded to the Office of the Assistant
Regional Director for proper disposal;

8. To facilitate the approval of change orders for the transfer of
workstations, all Assistant Regional Directors are directed to submit
the following:

1. Request for the installation of LTO-IT system to his workstation;

2. Request for User Security Update (RUSU) for LTO users of law
enforcement and traffic adjudication system (LETAS) as new user/add
role/delete role.

All orders, memoranda and other issuances inconsistent herewith are deemed superseded and/or otherwise modified accordingly.

For your guidance and strict compliance.

Adopted: 14 July 2009

(SGD.) ARTURO C. LOMIBAO
Assistant Secretary