Manila, May 31 -- The Philippine National Police (PNP) is set to further modernize its crime data systems through a partnership with South Korea aimed at boosingt investigative efficiency, speeding up response times, and strengthening case resolution across all units.

This, as the PNP and Department of the Interior and Local Government signed a partnership with the Korea International Cooperation Agency (KOICA) last week to develop the Criminal Investigation Data Management and Analysis System (CIDMAS), a unified crime data platform designed to modernize law enforcement operations nationwide.

PNP chief Gen. Jose Melencio Nartatez Jr. said the bilateral initiative seeks to further improve the handling of the law enforcement database syst...