139 police training on anti-insurgency

From the Visayan Daily Star (May 29): 139 police training on anti-insurgency

A training on special counter-insurgency operations is being held for 139 police personnel at Camp Herman Carballo in Barangay Nagbagan, Sta. Catalina town, Negros Oriental.

The PNP Special Counter-Insurgency Unit Training, or SCOUT course is the second to be held in the province this year, Senior Insp. Dexter Calacar, assistant training manager of the Regional Special Training Unit, Police Regional Office in Region 7, said.

The SCOUT, that started during the weekend, has 37 female and 102 male trainees from police units, who will return to their original assignments after graduation from the course.

SCOUT is a requirement for cops to train on the development of mental and physical skills, principles and techniques on crisis response operations, disaster response, jungle terrain operations, and developing camaraderie and teamwork.

The 45-day training for PNP SCOUT Class 38-2013 opened with reelected Negros Oriental Gov. Roel Degamo, Senior Supt. Noel Gillamac, chief of the PRO-7 Personnel and Human Resource Development and Doctrine Division; Supt. Alexander Solidad, deputy director for Operations of the Negros Oriental Police Provincial Office, and Calacar present.

http://www.visayandailystar.com/2013/May/29/negor4.htm