Police officers assigned to the security detail of Miss Universe Pageant contestants are not allowed to take “selfies” with their subjects, an official said.
“Security is a priority,” according to Police Regional Office 11 (PRO 11) Director C/Supt. Manuel Gaerlan.
Around 4,000 police personnel will be deployed in Davao City to provide security for pageant candidates, jurors, performers, organizers, and their relatives.
Part of the police contingent will be coming from the Presidential Security Group , who will provide close-in security for candidates.
“The safety personnel in Manila has already briefed the organizers in Miss Universe organization will be strict, and security arrangements will be better off as far as we are concerned,” Gaerlan said.
Meanwhile, Davao City Police Office Chief Michael John Dubria added, no roads will be closed during the pageant events as they were given specific instructions that the pageant should not inconvenience commuters and motorists.
However, he added that they have identified “many obstructions” along the road, one of those is the unfinished projects of public works and highways at the water district.
“But they have already placed temporary asphalt and steel plates para matugunan ‘yung concern,” Dubria noted.
Gaerlan also noticed that another obstruction that police have seen is the signboard along the sidewalks.
“We are calling the public to remove the obstacles along the sidewalks at yung mga nakabalagbag sa labas ng business establishments,” Gaerlan stated.
Let us keep our backyard clean, he said, for the delegates’ experience in the city would be memorable.
