All Souls' Day peaceful, Oro police say

• Source: https://www.sunstar.com.ph/article/1772397/Cagayan-De-Oro/Local-News/All-Souls-Day-peaceful-Oro-police-say
• Sunday, November 4, 2018

By ALWEN SALIRING

A CITY police official over the weekend said the observance of the All Saints’ and All Souls’ Day was generally peaceful.

Roughly 800,000 people visited the graves of their departed loved ones in the different cemeteries across the city.

Superintendent Mardy Hortillosa II, spokesperson of the Cagayan de Oro City Police Office (Cocpo), said there were no untoward incidents related to the two days.

But Hortillosa said he will look into other incidents or crimes reported to the headquarters from the different police stations on November 1 and 2.

"Walay mga dagko nga incidents in relation sa undas (There were no major incidents during ‘Undas’),"Hortillosa said.

Hortillosa said they have made sure that peace and order was maintained in the 10 cemeteries in the first district and five in the second district.

The Cocpo spokesman said the effective security plan, police deployment and support of other partner agencies have contributed to the maintenance of peace and order.

Cocpo has deployed more than a thousand police personnel, excluding the military force, barangay police, traffic law enforcers and other force multipliers, to ensure public safety and security.

"Ma-attribute nato ang peaceful observance sa atong deployment ug support sa atong mga partners (We can attribute the peaceful observance on our deployment and support from our partners),"he said.

Hortillosa added the continuous information drive of the police has also compelled the public to cooperate with the authorities.

"Dili sad magmalampuson kung wala ang kooperasyon sa katawhan pinaagi sa pagpatuman sa kaugalingon nilang security measures (It cannot be successful without the cooperation of the public by doing their own security measures) ,"he added.

However, authorities still seized prohibited items such as cigarettes despite the police's warning.

"Pero kung ikompara sa nangagi mas less karon ang mga na-confiscate nga sigarilyo kay sauna wala man to gibawal karon kay ato man gipatuman ang smoke-free CDO nga campaign (If we would compare from last year, lesser cigarettes were confiscated this year because of the implementation of smoke-free CDO campaign) ,"he said.