CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY (PIA)--Some police stations in Cagayan de Oro City were awarded the Seal of Child-Friendly Police Stations during Pasundayag 2023 by the Oro Youth Development Office, February 11.

Nine police stations received the Oro Kasanag Awards. Police Station 5-Macabalan received the highest value of performance among the stations. It received a Three-Star Excellence Performance Award, an award given to those who have ratings of 86% to 95%.

A two-star satisfactory performance award with ratings of 76% to 85% is given to Police Station 6-Puerto, Police Station 10-Cugman, Police Station 9-Nazareth, and Police Station 1-Divisoria. The Police Station 4-Carmen, the Police Station 8-Lumbia, the Police Station 3-Agora, and the Police Station 2-Cogon, on the other hand, received the One-Star Good Performance Award. The One-Star Good Performance Award is given to stations that got ratings of 60% to 75%.

This campaign ran from October 2022 to January 2023. It was led by young people and served as the annual social audit for police stations. The goal was to keep the child-friendly efforts and initiatives going so that the city could continue to promote children's rights and welfare.

Oro Youth Development Office Officer-in-Charge Lord Saver D. Centina said that this initiative started in 2015, which was first dubbed as the award for the most child-friendly police station.

"The search was just escalated last year, and we tweaked it to the Seal of Child-Friendly Police Station, believing that all police stations are actually child-friendly," he said, adding that people witnessed the awarding of the One-Star to Three-Star Seal. He is hopeful that next year, CDO will get the 5-Star award.

Sangguniang Kabataan (SK) Federation President John Michael L. Seno thanked the police stations for their participation in the search. He recognized their efforts in the promotion of the rights and welfare of children in Cagayan de Oro City.

Aside from the seals, OYDO also presented special awards to the Police Station 6 in Puerto, the Divisoria Police Station for the Best in Child-Friendly Space, the Macabalan Police Station for the Best in Monitoring and Evaluation, Nazareth for the Best in Information and Advocacy, and the Lumbia Police Station for the Best in Information and Advocacy.The Hall of Famer award was also given to Barangay Pagatpat.

Similarly, Outstanding Women and Children Protection Desk Officers are also awarded, namely PSg Rose A. Pulmones, PSg Leah Marie G. Licayan, and PSg Meralyn G. Francisco.

This Oro Kasanag Awards 2022: Seal of Most Child-friendly Police Stations is conducted together with the Cagayan de Oro Police Office, World Vision Foundation, Inc., Philippine Island Kids Foundation, Inc., Gugma sa Kabataan, and Balaod Mindanaw. (IJBD/PIA-10)