The Police Regional Office has expressed elation that security measures set up for the ASEAN 2017 Chairmanship launching held out successfully without even a minor slip.
“We have no untoward incident in Davao City in the conduct of the launching of the Launching of Philippine Chairmanship for ASEAN 2017,” PRO 11 Spokesperson Andrea dela Cerna said in a press statement.
There are about 4,000 law enforcers from different agencies in the region that were deployed to secure the events in the city, according to dela Cerna, and that the role of PRO 11 was to augment and assign cops to areas of the events.
Part of their measures, she said, was maximizing their assets and resources through designating police officers for near the airports, hotels where ASEAN delegates are staying, and SMX Convention Center in SM Lanang Premiere where the launching happened.
“We are commending the public, police, military, government agencies involved in the event, and particularly the public for cooperating in the said event,” dela Cerna added,
Meanwhile, Public Safety and Security Command Center (PSSCC) Chief Benito de Leon mentioned that the event went well as there were no security challenges.
Although he said he is not in the position to provide assurance as PSCC is only a small component of the security plan assembled by the National Organizing Committee, given the long preparation time and the enormous resources collected he said that the ASEAN 2017 Chairmanship launch was peaceful.
“With the manpower, equipment and logistics support, there was extraordinary diligence exercised to ensure the safety of the delegates and the success of the activities,” De Leon said.
