CITY OF SAN FERNANDO – The
Philippine National Police’s elite force in the province pushed for a synchronized
training on high risk operations with participants coming from all municipal and cities stations in Pampanga.
The Special Weapon and
Tactics (SWAT) unit of the provincial police office (PPO) handles
hostage rescue operations,
high risks arrests and entered armored or barricaded buildings.
Police Inspector Ohmar
Bognot, head of Pampanga SWAT said that the identified police will be trained
on close quarters combat (CQB), firing, handling specialized weapons and
firearms, and using specialized equipment such as heavy body armor, ballistic
shields and others.
This effort is aimed at
providing the best for the welfare and protection of the people in Pampanga.
Bognot stated that they are
also considering a crash course for the creation of a motorcycle riding team under
SWAT team to counter motorcycle riding suspects.
It can be recalled that
recent shooting incidents in the province were perpetrated by an unidentified
riders.
Currently, Pampanga SWAT has
only two teams with 10 personnel each and most of them have been serving the
unit 10 years and they work 24 hours a day.
Bognot disclosed that
the last SWAT training was in 2006 which was conducted in the province.
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