From the Philippine Information Agency (Oct 1): 250 police officers undergo SCOUT training

Some 250 police officers across Soccsksargen Region are undergoing Special Counter Insurgency Operations Unit Training (SCOUT), an official of the Police Regional Office (PRO) – 12 said. PInsp. Benjamin Mauricio Jr., chief of the public information office, said the 45-day “rigid and tough training” is being conducted by the Regional Special Training Unit 12.... Scout trainees, he explained, will be taught about first aid, rope courses, immediate action drills, water/seaborne tactics, terrain modeling, close quarter battle, survival, field training exercises and community immersion.

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