Activate Holy Week patrols, barangay officials told

The Davao City Police Office (DCPO) urged barangay officials to conduct patrols in their respective areas to secure every household as people will be out to participate in the religious activities for Holy Week.
In an interview, DCPO spokesperson Chief Inspector Milgrace Driz told Edge Davao that the barangays should activate their tanods to roam around their areas so that they will assure the safety of the houses against robbers who might take advantage of the observance of Holy Week.
“Kung naa sila’y nahibal-an or nakita na mga tao nga dili siguro sa ilang barangay nagpuyo, dapat i-question na nila. Dapat i-inform na nila ang authorities with regards to that para ma-asses nato kung kinsa man ning mga tawhana (If they know or see people who are not from their barangay, they should question them and inform the authorities so that we can assess the identity of these people),” she said.
Driz said everyone should be alert and vigilant to fight criminality this Holy Week.
She said the households should also alert the barangay officials if they are going to leave their houses.
Driz said households should also inform the neighbors or even relatives just to ensure that someone is looking after their homes.
She said that the DCPO also advised the people to unplug all the appliances to avoid the occurrence of fire.
“Public safety is not only the concern of the PNP and AFP but of the people,” she said.
Driz said the DCPO will concentrate on providing police visibility in all activity places and subdivisions so that criminals will have second thoughts.
She said the DCPO will deploy around 1,500 personnel and more than 890 members of the Barangay Peace and Order Units (BPOU) of the city. Armando B. Fenequito Jr.