Manila, April 27 -- Majority of more than 164,000 violation cases under the "Safer Cities" initiative were resolved through warnings, indicating the police's non-punitive approach.

According to the latest Philippine National Police (PNP) data, 164,220 cases were recorded from April 6, when the campaign was launched by the Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG), to April 25.

Of the total, 62,025 resulted in fines, 2,732 led to charges, and 99,463 were resolved through warnings, the PNP said in a news release Monday.

In Metro Manila, a total of 7,349 cases were recorded, with the Southern Police District logging the highest with 2,060, followed by the Northern Police District, 1,848; Quezon City Police District, 1,384; Ea...