Camacho said they have discussed the issue with CUC’s power division management but they were told that “CUC cannot predict or control the engine situations” any time of the day.
“We asked CUC to give us at least five or 10 minutes warning before they turn off the power because police officers are not superheroes and we cannot just drop everything to rush to the intersections anytime,” Camacho said.
He, however, added that he cannot blame CUC for not being able to give them advance notice.
“Like us, they are also helpless but we are trying our best. The least the community can do is to understand the situation and be patient with our efforts because we can’t be in four places at the same time,” Camacho said.
“DPS has very limited manpower resources but although the stream of complaints is almost stretching us to our limits everyday, we just bear with it,” he said.
Camacho said the opening of classes at public schools next month will be another challenge for the police if the power outages continue.
He will be meeting with the division commanders to come up with a plan to provide solutions to the anticipated traffic problems.
DPS started deploying traffic police to the island’s four busiest intersections during power outages beginning on Aug. 17.
CUC said the generators it will rent are scheduled to arrive on Saipan in mid-September.
