Seventy-four volunteers who are part of the Barangay Peacekeeping Action Team Batch 17 of the Bacolod City Police Office completed their training Sunday.
The training, held at the
Supt. Alexander Ermeo, BCPO deputy director for administration, represented acting city police director, Senior Supt. Edgardo Ordaniel, in greeting the newly-trained volunteers during their graduation.
Ermeo distributed the certificates of attendance of the graduates, in the presence of Insp. Ramsey Barro, deputy of Police Community Relations branch, and Senior Police Officer 1 Rey Jereos, BPAT supervisor.
Initially, 81 participants listed up for the training but only 74 completed the course.
The BPAT volunteers are trained to perform functions in law enforcement, community organization, barangay conflict resolution, environmental protection, and disaster management.
As a force multiplier of the Philippine National Police, the BPAT is headed by the barangay captain, and tanods and other barangay residents serve as members.
The Police Regional Office-6 had earlier said they are continuously strengthening and expanding the BPAT teams in
Chief Supt. Manuel Felix, deputy police regional director for administration, said that barangay peacekeeping operation is largely helping in the fight against criminality and in the maintenance of peace and order.
About 90 percent of the 4,051 barangays in Region 6 have organized and operationalized BPATs.
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