In the following
month, Boracay will be seeing police officers on bicycles.
According to Sr.
Insp. Joeffer Cabural, the Boracay Police will start using bikes on July 5,
2013.
This is if the
20 units of the said bicycles will be formally turned over to the Boracay
Tourists Assistance Center (BTAC) from the Philippine National Police (PNP).
Cabural said,
that this is just right, noting that they needed to wait for their service
vehicles in order to respond to other calls.
And although
they have two service vehicles, the narrow roads in some parts of the island
are also being considered.
The move is a
concept included in PNP’s “Patrol 2013” program.
Dubbed as “Bicycle
Patrol,” the police will be using pedal bikes for a prompt response and
visibility.
In line with
this, 20 BTAC members have undergone a “bicycle training” held at Camp Delgado
in Iloilo City two weeks ago.
This was the
first batch of training for the new PNP program, which focuses primarily in
Western Visayas, particularly the tourist destination, Boracay.
Meanwhile,
Cabural confirmed receiving two more service vehicles, one from the Aklan
Police Provincial Office (APPO) and another from a private company through the
help of Mayor John Yap.
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