Central Luzon police execute the 21-gun salute to honor the SAF 44. | PHOTO: Police Regional Office 3
MABALACAT CITY, Pampanga–The Police Regional Office 3 led by Brig. Gen. Matthew Baccay commemorated on Tuesday (Jan. 25) the bravery and heroism of the 44 police commandos who died fighting Muslim armed groups in Mamasapano, Maguindanao, seven years ago.
A wreath-laying ceremony with the kin of the slain police officers belonging to the Special Action Force (SAF), the elite police unit, was held at the Heroes Monument inside Camp Julian Olivas in the City of San Fernando. The ceremony was also for police personnel who died due to COVID-19.
Maj. Gen. Domingo Cabillan, who led the ceremony, relayed a message from Philippine National Police chief Gen. Dionardo Carlos who cited the SAF 44’s heroism that serves “as the beacon of light for all of us and a guiding instrument of achieving lasting peace and order in our country.”