The City Government will establish a Specialized Cafgu Active Auxiliary that will secure the outskirts of the city to answer the call of President Rodrigo Duterte to put a stop to insurgency.
Public Safety and Security Command Center chief Benito de Leon said that three companies or 360 SCAA will be deployed for additional security in Davao City.
“This is to answer the call of President Duterte to give priority to the insurgency here in the region, he required us to put a stop to it,” de Leon said.
He said that even big establishments such as banana plantations can even hire SCAA in lieu of their security guard to put a stop on extortions and other threats to their companies.
De Leon though clarified that only those companies which are located in the outskirts of the city are encouraged to form their own SCAA and not those companies located in the downtown area.
He said that although the SCAA will be hired by the city, the budget for their salary will be coming from the National Government. He said that an Executive Order will be created for the creation of SCAA.
The City already have a SCAA under the Task Force Davao however, de Leon said that they saw the need for additional SCAA to further enhance the security of the city and to ensure that the city center is safe from any insurgency.
“The Military has requested that 3 companies be formed to help them protect the community in the remote areas of Davao City,” he said.
He said that the SCAA will help the military and police in securing those areas that are already cleared by the security forces to ensure that the rebels will not go back to the area.
De Leon said that they will not let their guards down despite the low level of threat recorded by the National Intelligence Coordinating Agency.
“Despite the low threat level, our security elements has maintained a high threat level of security to maintain good posture in the City,” he said.
