370 Caraga cops on
standby vs COVID-19
BUTUAN
CITY, Mar. 28 -- The Police Regional Office (PRO) 13 has prepared additional
370 policemen on standby in case an additional force is urgently needed on the
ground in the fight against coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19).
"If
there is a need for additional frontliners, we have 370 police personnel
serving as Reactionary Standby Support Force (RSSF) for COVID-19. They will be
mobilized for the strict implementation of guidelines on localized community
quarantine as well as the protocol set by the Inter-agency Task Force for the
Management of Infectious Disease," Brigadier General Joselito Esquivel,
Jr., Regional Director of PRO13 said.
As of
now, almost 2,000 personnel from PRO13, Philippine Army's 4th Infantry
Division, Philippine Coast Guard District Northern Mindanao, Bureau of Fire
Protection 13, Department of Health, and local government units were already
deployed to the different Quarantine Control Points regionwide.
Meanwhile,
BGen. Esquivel continued to appeal to the local populace to cooperate with the
personnel manning the quarantine control points adding that ensuring public
safety against this dreadful disease is everyone's concern. (PRO13/PIA-Caraga)
