Backpacks still prohibited during ‘Araw’

The Davao City Police Office (DCPO) will still prohibit the carrying of backpacks and canisters during the 78th Araw ng Davao celebration this month.
In an interview, DCPO spokesperson Senior Inspector Milgrace C. Driz told Edge Davao that backpacks and canisters will be prohibited within the areas where the activities will be held.
Driz said the security procedures in the activities are still the same as in previous events of the city, although she added that the DCPO is open to suggestions on how to improve them.
She said the DCPO will deploy more than 1,500 personnel as well as an augmentation force from the Regional Public Safety Battalion of Police Regional Office 11.
Driz said the security plan is divided into three layers: checkpoint, area security, and security inside the activity place.
“We will have covert and overt operations which means that there will be intel operatives to be deployed in the areas of activities to monitor lawlessness,” she said.
Driz said the alert status in the city during the celebration is still on red alert since many people are expected to come to the city to celebrate. Armando B. Fenequito Jr.