PAGADIAN CITY: As the day of the remembered dead
draws near, this city’s police ramped up their efforts to make available a safe
and secured recollection for the weekend holiday.
The city police force today issued few safety
tips to remind the public to take necessary measures to keep them and others safe
on All Saints Day and All Souls Day.
Pasted on their Facebook wall, the Pagadian City
Police Station (PCPS) prohibits bringing any firearm in cemeteries or weapons
without authorization.
Checkpoints along the streets and inspection in of
all baggage will be conducted in cemeteries while mobile patrols will be scattered
in various places to avoid robbery incidents, information from the PCPS said.
Liquors and gambling paraphernalia will likewise
will be confiscated, the PNP’s FB post continued, as police personnel in full uniform
will be deployed in strategic places to ensure this prohibition will be carried
to the letter.
As some people is diminutive in extending
patience and bearing with inconvenience, the police also banned the bringing of
karaoke or any similar sound systems that emit massive and irritating volumes.
Children 8-year old below who come with their parents
to cemeteries are to be provided with an identification card complete with the
name and contact number of the parents to establish identity and prompt return
should the child gets lost.
The PNP said it is the public’s duty too to check
the visibility of the local police in Pagadian, dispatched during the weekend alongside
the existing patrolling police officers.
The presence of the police is undeniably one of
the best deterrents of crime; it is also the public’s responsibility to report
to them crime in progress.
Parking lanes are to be observed, as well as
traffic rules implemented by the PNP in cemeteries to avoid untoward vehicular accidents.
After all is being said, the PNP guidelines ended
with a sure note for absentmindedness: don’t forget to bring one’s candles or
drinking water, as well as locking one’s home before leaving for the memorial
park.
The city police headquarters have these numbers
for more questions: 0949-953-3519 and 0917-625-0174 and if you can, the public
is enjoined to share this information to other residents, they appealed.
(NEWS POSTED ALSO IN HARDLINE WEEKLY PUBLICATION IN PAGADIAN CITY)