PRO 11 ready to secure Palaro

By ARMANDO B. FENEQUITO JR.
The Police Regional Office (PRO) 11 is ready to secure all the delegates of PalarongPambansa 2015 that will be held in Tagum City Davao Del Norte.
“Kung tatanungin natin how ready are we? Ready naman kami,” PRO 11 regional director Chief Superintendent Wendy G. Rosario said in an interview.
Rosario said the PRO 11 will give an augmentation force from Regional Public Safety Battalion (RPSB).
“Ang augmentation coming from the region only is more or less 350 (The augmentation coming from the region only is more or less 350),” he said.
He said aside from RPSB, there are personnel from national support units such as the Criminal Investigation and Detection Group (CIDG) 11, Highway Patrol Group (HPG) 11 andMaritime Police in securing the events.
Rosario said there around 1000 personnel including the troops from the 10th Infantry Division of the Armed Forces of the Philippines.
He said he told Davao Del Norte Provincial Police Office (DNPPO) director Senior Superintendent Samuel Gadingan the PRO 11 can still provide additional forces if needed. Police trainees may also be deployed as reinforcement.
Rosario said he has ordered all police personnel to employ strict checkpoints usually done during elections.
“So, all exit and entry points including the stations will conduct checkpoints,” Rosario said.
“Yan lang naman ang pwede nating gawin na maging seryoso sa checkpoints kasi ang subjects naman natin are the lawless elements (That is the thing we can do, to be serious in the checkpoints because our subjects here are the lawless elements),” he added.
Rosario said Davao del Norte Governor Rodolfo del Rosario has asked PRO 11 to ensure the security of the delegates and other visitors while the event is ongoing.
PRO 11, according to Del Rosario, is anticipating that the athletes along with their families will possibly go to other places of interest around the region.
Rosario said that so far the PRO 11, he has not received any reports of threat that will disrupt the conduct of the annual sporting event in the country.
Regional Peace and Order Council (RPOC) chairman Davao City Mayor Rodrigo R.Duterte said he will allow checkpoints in some part of Davao del Norte and asked the motorist to follow what the security forces order them during the checkpoint.
He reiterated, however, that the military and police should follow protocols and not violate human rights at the checkpoints. Duterte said he will take full responsibility for the security forces’ conduct.