Nine hundred military personnel will be augmenting
Philippine National Police (PNP) units tasked to secure this year's Black
Nazarene Procession in Quiapo, Manila
These officers and enlisted personnel will be under the
Joint Task Force-National Capital Region (JTF-NCR), said Armed Forces of the
Philippines (AFP) spokesman Col. Restituto Padilla.
He added these military personnel, who are coming from the
Army, Air Force and Navy, will be equipped with search-and-rescue, explosive
ordnance disposal, chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear equipment for
possible contingencies.
JTF-NCR personnel will also be aided in their security task
by K-9 units, medical and communication teams.
And if needed, military vehicles and helicopters are also
available.
Padilla said JTF-NCR personnel will be deploy in five task
groups which are divided into logistics, covert security, overt security,
disaster response operations and communications.
The security protocols will be similar to the ones used
during Pope Francis' visit and APEC Economic Leaders' Summit
Padilla also said that AFP intelligence units are to detect
any threats for Saturday's festivities.
http://www.pna.gov.ph/index.php?idn=1&sid=&nid=1&rid=843553
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