Police train barangay tanods on peacekeeping

By Anthony Bayarong - Manila Times

OLONGAPO City: Around 1,000 Barangay officials and civilian volunteer organization members will train with the Olongapo City Police office to enhance their capability in maintaining peace and order in their respective communities.

Police Senior Supt. Abelardo Villacorta told The Manila Times that the four-day training will include all officials of the 17 barangays in Olongapo City.

This is part of our efforts to help them maintain peace and order in their respective barangays as we tap them to become our force multipliers. Villacorta said.

He added that his office initiated the program in order to augment the shortage of police officers in the city and to help in the citys peace and order campaign.

Barangay officials and tanods are in the forefront of peacekeeping in their respective communities and I think with this training they can help the police and the city as a whole in the maintenance of peace and order, he said.

The four-day training will include crisis management, police security containment ring system (integrated patrol system), drug abuse control, human rights, law of arrest and seizure, barangay justice system, crime scene preservation, handcuffing techniques, police operational procedure, info gathering and traffic rules and regulations.

He added that the training would also include a brief on anti-terrorism.

He explained that the program is in coordination with the Department of the Interior and Local Government and the local government of Olongapo City.

The training started on February 4 and will end on April 18.