NPOC-RPOC meeting with PRRD set in Davao City

DAVAO CITY -- A total of 1,294 police personnel have been deployed by the Police Regional Office 11 (Davao region) as this city hosts for the second time the joint National Peace and Order Council - Regional Peace and Order Council (NPOC- RPOC) meeting with President Rodrigo R. Duterte at the Grand Regal Hotel on Thursday.

Police Major Jason Baria, PRO-11 spokesperson, said the deployed personnel consist of security forces of the Regional Standby Support Force, Davao City Police Office, Task Force Davao, Regional Mobile Force Battalion, Regional Health Service, Aviation Security Unit, and other government agencies.

Baria said top-ranking officials of the Department of the Interior and Local Government and regional police directors are set to attend the peace and order meeting.

In his message during the deployment on Tuesday, PRO-11 Director Marcelo Morales vowed to take the "responsibility for serving and protecting the people of Davao and its visitors."

"It is always a challenge for us to maintain and give our populace the best police service we have," he said.

Morales also underscored the cooperation of the community and other law enforcement agencies to ensure the safety of everybody.

He urged his personnel to give the public "unequaled police service" in maintaining peace and order to ensure public safety and security in areas of deployment.

"That way, we can claim that during the said activities, Davao City can achieve another zero crime incident," Morales said. (PNA)