An official of the Davao City Police Office (DCPO) announced on Tuesday that there is no gun ban throughout the celebration of Araw ng Davao but checkpoint operations will be intensified.
“Walay gun ban. I-intensify lang nato ang checkpoints ana and then kung naa mo’y baril kompletoha lang ang inyong papeles,” said Police Major Catherine dela Rey, DCPO spokesperson, over Davao City Disaster Radio (DCDR) on Tuesday.
Dela Rey said a total of 11,000 security personnel, which will be comprised of various security forces including police personnel, Task Force Davao, the city government of Davao through the Public Safety and Security Office (PSSO), and force multipliers, that will be deployed for the whole month celebration.
She added that the biggest deployment will be during the Parada Dabawenyo on March 18, which will start along Roxas Avenue.
“Pinakadako nato na deployment kay sa Parada Dabawenyo on March 18 kay mao na ang dagsa sa mga tao sa San Pedro Square,” she said.
Dela Rey also said that the augmentation that was promised by the Police Regional Office 11 (PRO 11) is at the DCPO headquarters and ready for deployment.
“Gihatag na sila sa mga police stations ug ang station commanders ang naay discretions kung unsaon sila pag deploy ug kung asa na mga areas,” she said.
The DCPO also conducted a send-off ceremony on Tuesday for the said security forces at the DCPO Parade Ground.
