PNP reassigns 600 cops for anticrime drive

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MANILA, Philippines — The Philippine National Police on Sunday said it has deployed additional personnel to major roads in Metro Manila and nearby areas to boost police response in the wake of several riding tandem shootings.

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Col. Jean Fajardo, the spokesperson for the PNP, said that PNP chief Gen. Rommel Francisco Marbil had ordered the reassignment of 600 police personnel performing administrative tasks at Camp Crame to patrol the roads to improve police response.

Those deployed would use motorcycles to patrol Metro Manila roads, Fajardo said. Last month, an official from the Land Transportation Office was killed by a motorcycle-riding gunman in Quezon City.

A Bangladeshi national was also shot dead Monday by riding tandem gunmen in San Pascual, Batangas. —Frances Mangosing