Police will mobilize foot patrols and police assistance desks will be put up also in strategic areas in anticipation of the huge influx of travelers and visitors over the long weekend.
Philippine Coast Guard personnel are also alerted to patrol the coastlines and to assist travelers in Caticlan and Cagban ports. Public assistance desks are set up including K-9 units to monitor and check the baggages of travelers going in and out of ports.
The Bureau of Fire Protection (BFP) also raised its alert level to heightened alert in observance of All Saints’ Day and All Souls’ Day.
Senior Fire Inspector Donne Torre said firefighters will be deployed in cemeteries to assist emergency responders and policemen to ensure peace and order.
They will also intensify their fire safety awareness by distributing flyers to the public who will be visiting their departed ones in public and private cemeteries. Firetrucks visibility in fire-prone areas will be observed also by municipal fire stations in Aklan.
On the other hand, Aklan police director Senior Superintendent John Mitchell Jamili said police units will keep watch to secure public places of convergence, bus terminals, airports, ports and cemeteries as part of Oplan 'Kaeag Kaeag' 2016.
"We have to be proactive. Tiyakin natin na maging tahimik at maayos ang pagdiriwang ng undas. We are strong in our orders to our field commanders to strictly monitor and if possible frisk all those who enter the cemetery or check their belongings,” Jamili stressed.
BY BOY RYAN B. ZABAL
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