Asked Senate President Pro Tempore Ralph Recto include the government in their budget proposals for the 16,140 police no guns, as well as the acquisition of 23,820 new police to be more efficient campaign against crime.
He said, if it be included in the proposed budget appears that police no guns.
"The PNP has not attained a 100 percent issuance of short firearms to PNP uniformed personnel required," said Recto, based on the 2015 report of the Commission on Audit (COA).
He said that from the 147,041 members of the Philippine National Police (PNP), up from only 124,738 have guns.