Security for Holy Week, summer set

CEBU, Philippines — The Cebu City Police Office and the Cebu Police Provincial Office have finalized their security measures and deployment for the observance of Holy Week.

The CCPO will start deploying their personnel for the Holy Week on April 5.

Police Col. Ireneo Dalogdog, city director of CCPO, said that he will visit churches where they are encouraged to put up tarpaulins with security tips on how to avoid untoward incidents.

During the Holy Week, Dalogdog said they will not only watch the churches, but also other places that have religious activities.

They will also set up a police assistance desk at the ports and terminals.

Meanwhile, the CPPO will deploy policemen in municipalities that have major events such as Minglanilla, the site of the Sugat Kabanhawan, as well as the Bantayan Island, one of the places people go to during Holy Week.

The Tourist Police Unit of CPPO will deploy personnel in 20 tourist destinations, tourist police assistance desks and seven Port Tourist Assistance Desks in Cebu Province.

In order to avoid traffic congestion, the police will be deployed to monitor the traffic flow.

The CCPO and CPPO have not monitored any threats during Holy Week but they stated that they will not be complacent and will implement strict security measures.

Summer

The Police Regional Office 7 is also preparing for the summer vacation.

Police Lt. Col. Gerard Ace Pelare, spokesperson of PRO-7 director, Brigadier General Anthony Aberin, said that during summer the area of concern will be transferred from urban areas to rural areas as it is the time for people to return to the province for a vacation.

The PRO-7 already alerted its local police units in the provinces to brace for people returning home for vacation.

“Ang summer vacation gipangandaman na nato that is annual phenomenon already makita nato ang pag transfer sa area of concern from urban settings to rural areas because vacation daghan mo adto sa probinsya ato nang gi alert ang atong mga local police units sa mga probinsya also to anticipate the influx of people who will be coming from summer vacation,” said Pelare

The PRO-7 also ordered police personnel to take care of themselves.

“Make sure that they are ready, make sure they are physically fit to have a good rest also para sila dili maoy atong mahimong problema,” said Pelare.

The Regional Health Service always checks the medical conditions of the policemen to ensure they are physically fit. — GMR (FREEMAN)