Supt. Romeo Galgo Jr., PRO-12's public information officer,
said all police personnel have been deployed to various strategic points in a
bid to avert similar attacks.
Citing a directive from PRO-12 regional director, Chief
Supt. Cedrick Train, Galgo said their personnel have sealed off the borders of
key cities and municipalities and established additional checkpoints along
major highways.
He specifically cited this city, which is currently
celebrating its 48th foundation anniversary and the 18th Tuna Festival.
“Our intensified security operations are ongoing and we have
set additional measures to properly secure the festival venues and activities,”
he told PNA in a phone interview.
The police has assigned some 500 policemen to secure the
ongoing festivities, which is centered at the city's oval plaza grounds.
The festival formally opened last Thursday and will end on
Monday, the city’s 48th founding anniversary.
Aside from city police officers, volunteers from barangay
peacekeeping teams and personnel from the city government’s civil security
units have also been deployed to the festival venues.
The PRO-12 has provided additional personnel from the
Regional Public Safety Battalion-12 and other support units.
Galgo said the city police is strictly observing the ban on
the carrying of backpacks at the festival venues.
At the city’s entry and exit points, he said, joint police
and Army personnel under the Joint Task Force GenSan have been conducting
thorough inspections on all passing vehicles.
For passenger buses and other public utility vehicles, he
said passengers have been required to disembark to ensure proper inspections.
In line with the nationwide “state of lawlessness” declared
by President Rodrigo Duterte, Galgo said they have stepped up their security
and intelligence operations against local terror groups.
He said they have linked up with their military counterparts
for the monitoring of possible movements of members of terror groups in the
area.
“We would like to assure the public that we are on top of
the situation and exerting all the necessary efforts to ensure that the entire
region will be safe and secure at all times,” he added.
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