IF THE MEN manning checkpoints are in incomplete uniform and even wearing non-military boots, then they are posers.
Military and police authorities yesterday informed the public how to spot a fake checkpoint from the legitimate one.
This as communist rebels posed as Task Force Davao personnel in conducting a checkpoint in the boundary of the City and Arakan, North Cotabato on Wednesday. An encounter ensued as members of the Presidential Security Group passed along the highway.
This as communist rebels posed as Task Force Davao personnel in conducting a checkpoint in the boundary of the City and Arakan, North Cotabato on Wednesday. An encounter ensued as members of the Presidential Security Group passed along the highway.
Speaking on Wednesday’s AFP- PNP press conference, Capt. Rhyan Batchar, spokesperson of the Philippine Army’s 10th Infantry Division, said they have always been reminding the stakeholders, particularly the motorists and commuters, to verify if the checkpoint is legitimately done by government forces.
“We are really following protocols if we are conducting checkpoints,” Batchar said. “It is very important (for the public to know) so they can immediately relay to us information (if they are indeed fake checkpoints).”
The military officer said in conducting the checkpoints, the soldiers and police should be in proper uniform bearing name plates that can easily be visible.
“We are really following protocols if we are conducting checkpoints,” Batchar said. “It is very important (for the public to know) so they can immediately relay to us information (if they are indeed fake checkpoints).”
The military officer said in conducting the checkpoints, the soldiers and police should be in proper uniform bearing name plates that can easily be visible.
“If they could observe that persons conducting checkpoint are in stag uniform and wear (non-military) boots, then it is already a manifestation that it is not a legitimate checkpoint,” Batchar said. “It is a threat already,” he explained.
He said checkpoint should be in a lighted area and must be visible to the incoming vehicles.
The vehicles used by the checkpoint personnel should have proper government marking, and not private-owned vehicles, he said.
If those manning the checkpoint have varied firearms and communication equipment, they could be posers.
He said the commuters, at all time, can ask those conducting the checkpoint of their units if they have doubts.
“The (the commuters) can call us to verify if there is a checkpoint conducted by the particular unit in the area, he added.
Batchar said they have been reminding their troops to be vigilant since the rebels target government forces.
Sr. Supt. Samuel Gadingan, director of Davao del Sur Police Provincial Office (DSPPO), also said that they also coordinate with their AFP counterpart in every checkpoint they conduct.
“Our checkpoint is almost the same with the AFP,” Gadingan said.
He said even random checkpoints need coordination to avoid any misencounter.
Gadingan said he has directed the Provincial Public Safety Company to conduct aggressive operation against the armed group.
He said checkpoint should be in a lighted area and must be visible to the incoming vehicles.
The vehicles used by the checkpoint personnel should have proper government marking, and not private-owned vehicles, he said.
If those manning the checkpoint have varied firearms and communication equipment, they could be posers.
He said the commuters, at all time, can ask those conducting the checkpoint of their units if they have doubts.
“The (the commuters) can call us to verify if there is a checkpoint conducted by the particular unit in the area, he added.
Batchar said they have been reminding their troops to be vigilant since the rebels target government forces.
Sr. Supt. Samuel Gadingan, director of Davao del Sur Police Provincial Office (DSPPO), also said that they also coordinate with their AFP counterpart in every checkpoint they conduct.
“Our checkpoint is almost the same with the AFP,” Gadingan said.
He said even random checkpoints need coordination to avoid any misencounter.
Gadingan said he has directed the Provincial Public Safety Company to conduct aggressive operation against the armed group.
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