NCRPO fields 11,000 cops as classes start

SCHOOL SAFETY Top Metro police chief Maj. Gen. Guillermo Eleazar (center) inspects schools in Manila to ensure their readiness and safety for the opening of classes. —PHOTO COURTESY OF NCRPO

MANILA, Philippines — The National Capital Region Police Office (NCRPO) fielded on Monday around 11,000 police officers to secure the opening of classes for the school year 2019-2020.

Initially, NCRPO was looking at the deployment of 7,153 officers.

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In a text message to INQUIRER.net, NCRPO director Maj. Gen. Guillermo Eleazar said the increase in the deployment is only for additional police visibility as students gather in schools.

He said the NCRPO has not monitored any threat for the opening of classes.

“This is a shared responsibility,” Eleazar said in a statement as he also inspected the situation in President Corazon Aquino Elementary School and Batasan Hills National High School in Quezon City, two of the biggest schools in terms of the student population in Metro Manila.

The Philippine National Police, meanwhile, has deployed almost 150,000 personnel and force multipliers in different parts of the country to secure the opening of the school year.

READ: Almost 150K cops, force multipliers secure first day of classes – PNP