Police chiefs ordered: “Activate tourist police units”
THE regional police director ordered police chiefs of towns and cities in Region 1 that host tourist destinations to activate their respective tourist police units.
P/ Brig. Gen. Emmanuel Peralta said the maximum police presence and visibility especially in strategic and crowded areas frequented by both local and international tourists must be seen and felt.
To boost police presence and visibility, personnel from the Provincial Mobile Force will be tapped and deployed to police stations to help enforce compliance with health protocols and ensure peaceful and orderly activities.
The new directive also instructs all personnel conducting patrol operations in tourist destinations in the region not to carry long firearms, only pistols.
“We will make the people feel safe with less aggressive stance. We will maintain police presence and alertness yet friendly PNP image,” Peralta said.
He pointed out that police operations and deployment today are preparatory activities for the 2022 national and local elections.
“We must promote the proper observance of health protocols while providing security and assistance to both the locals and the tourists, and ultimately, we deter criminality. It’s like hitting three birds with one stone,” he said.
“With Ilocos Region now on Alert Level 2, we are looking forward to its continuous lowering to Alert Level 1, but as this develops, our efforts in the implementation of the minimum public health protocols will go hand-in-hand with the crime prevention actions,” he added. (Leonardo Micua/Eva Visperas)
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