ARAYAT - The Pampanga Police Provincial Office through the newly formed Special Operations Task Force (RSOTG) heightened the security in towns of Arayat and Mexico and other municipalities in the province.
RSOTG was organized to increase police visibility in the form of checkpoints in major thoroughfares. This is also aimed at ensuring the conduct of peaceful and credible elections on 2013.
This group was headed by Sr. Supt. Noli Taliño, PRO-3 deputy regional director for operations.
Provincial Police Director Senior Superintendent R’win Pagkalinawan earlier stated that their monitoring is currently concentrated in towns of Arayat and Mexico following the shooting incidents although not yet clear whether the same were election related violence.
Pagkalinawan, however, noted that there is also a need to establish checkpoints in public places in different municipalities to preempt partisan armed groups and other lawless elements from interfering in the upcoming midterm elections.
In fact, Sun Star Pampanga likewise observed the presence of RSOTG in towns in the fourth district of the province.
The police director stressed that they will be establishing at least four checkpoints in every municipality with at least eight police personnel in each checkpoint.
It was learned that RSOTG had an initial of 300 personnel from the provincial command and the regional public safety battalions.
Pampanga was included in the list of priority areas of concern for elections by the Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) along with the provinces of Nueva Ecija, Maguindanao, Abra, Pangasinan, Masbate, Samar, Lanao del Sur, Ilocos Sur, Basilan, La Union, Cavite, Cagayan, Batangas and Misamis Occidental.
RSOTG was organized to increase police visibility in the form of checkpoints in major thoroughfares. This is also aimed at ensuring the conduct of peaceful and credible elections on 2013.
This group was headed by Sr. Supt. Noli Taliño, PRO-3 deputy regional director for operations.
Provincial Police Director Senior Superintendent R’win Pagkalinawan earlier stated that their monitoring is currently concentrated in towns of Arayat and Mexico following the shooting incidents although not yet clear whether the same were election related violence.
Pagkalinawan, however, noted that there is also a need to establish checkpoints in public places in different municipalities to preempt partisan armed groups and other lawless elements from interfering in the upcoming midterm elections.
In fact, Sun Star Pampanga likewise observed the presence of RSOTG in towns in the fourth district of the province.
The police director stressed that they will be establishing at least four checkpoints in every municipality with at least eight police personnel in each checkpoint.
It was learned that RSOTG had an initial of 300 personnel from the provincial command and the regional public safety battalions.
Pampanga was included in the list of priority areas of concern for elections by the Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) along with the provinces of Nueva Ecija, Maguindanao, Abra, Pangasinan, Masbate, Samar, Lanao del Sur, Ilocos Sur, Basilan, La Union, Cavite, Cagayan, Batangas and Misamis Occidental.
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