A total 149 Police Officer 1 hurdled the rigid training in the Special Counter-Insurgency Operation Unit Training (SCOUT) which ended in a closing ceremony at the parade ground here Thursday.
Police Sr. Supt. Alexander Pumecha, Deputy Regional Director for Operations who represented Chief Supt. Ricardo Marquez, PRO1 director as the guest of honor and speaker during the closing rites.
He said that a policeman does not only fight against criminals in the city or the locality but also against threats to national security and democracy.
“Insurgency is not only a local matter, it is a worldwide concern and as members of the PNP, we cannot be inactive. We have to fight them(lawless elements) to get closer to our mission of lasting peace and sustainable progress,” Pumecha said.
Sr. Supt. Reynaldo Biay, Regional Public Safety Battalion 1 Battalion commander, formally welcomed the troops.
“It is our thrust to make RPSB-1 members 100% SCOUT trained before they may be downloaded to local police stations because we intend to give our men competence, the skills and the confidence to fight the insurgents and criminals,” Biay stressed.
The trainees were originally composed of 154 members. Five members were not able to graduate for medical reasons.
The trainees had their SCOUT insignia pinned in front of senior officers of Police Regional Office 1 (PRO1), RPSB-1, trainers, the graduates’ family members, friends and other visitors
The PNP Modified SCOUT training is a course which aims to enhance the combat readiness and capability of PNP members in counter-insurgency focusing more on counter strategies and operations that include Close Quarter Battle and Immediate Action Drills.
Aside from the SCOUT, the other trainings offered to PNP personnel related to anti-insurgency and anti-criminality are the Scout Ranger, Special Forces, Commando and Special Weapons and Armed Tactics (SWAT), among others.
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