PNP SCOUT course reels off in Negros Oriental

From the Philippine News Agency (Jan 29): PNP SCOUT course reels off in Negros Oriental
 
A total of 130 personnel from the Regional Public Safety Battalion-7 (RPSB-7) of the Philippine National Police (PNP) in Central Visayas will be undergoing a 45-day course on Special Counter-Insurgency Operations Unit Training (SCOUT) in Sta. Catalina, Negros Oriental.

This will be the first training in Negros Oriental and the second in the entire Region 7 for this year, according to Chief Insp. Dexter Calacar, training manager of the Regional Special Training Unit 7 of the PNP in Region 7.

The PNP SCOUT Class 42-2014 will reel off Wednesday morning at Camp Ausejo in Barangay Nagbagang, Sta. Catalina town, about two hours drive south of this capital, with Governor Roel Degamo, PNP Region 7 director Chief Supt. Danilo Constantino, Supt. Clifford Gairanod, battalion commander of RPSB-7 and OIC PNP provincial director of Negros Oriental, Supt. Alet Virtucio attending the opening ceremony.

Of the total 130 trainees, 24 are females and 106 are males and all assigned to the RPSB-7, said Calacar.

On Tuesday morning, the PNP SCOUT Class 41-2014 also officially started at the RPSB-7 headquarters in Sibonga, Cebu province with a total of 128 trainees, comprising 24 females and 104 males, according to Calacar.

The PNP SCOUT is a mandatory program for police personnel to enhance their skills in militaristic/tactics.

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