ILOILO CITY, Philippines (PNA) - The Iloilo City Police Office (ICPO), down to its local stations, will be plastering adhesive tape on their gun barrels Sunday, according to ICPO Director, S/Supt. Marietto Valerio.
Valerio said that he will be meeting with his subordinates to also discuss other measures in line with the holiday celebrations.
The taping of ICPO personnel's gun barrels is considered by the ICPO in line with the "guidance of Police Regional Office 6 (PRO 6) Director C/Supt. Cipriano Querol Jr. that if possible there will be no illegal discharge of firearms."
Valerio added that ICPO personnel who will fire their firearms indiscriminately will be subjected to disciplinary action.
Meantime, he added that the ICPO, including all its local police stations, is now ready to handle with the influx of commuters who are rushing to go home all through this festive season, all through the New Year's, to celebrate with their families.
All station commanders have already been instructed to deploy personnel in places of convergence to ensure security.
"We have enough PNP personnel on standby," he assured.
On the other hand, Valerio announced that his office is also ready to extend security during the gift-giving activity of the Iloilo City government here which is expected to accommodate some 25,000 to 30,000 people on December 29 at the Freedom Grandstand.
He added that the ICPO will be also be assigning barangay peace keeping action teams (BPATs) and traffic enforcers for the duration of the activity.
