55 QC cops finish Motorized Tactical Response Training

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MANILA, Nov. 11 (PNA) -- Fifty-five members of Quezon City Police District (QCPD) completed a one week refresher Motorized Tactical Response Training course facilitated by the Philippine National Police Highway Patrol Group (PNP-HPG), QCPD Director Chief Supt. Edgardo Tinio said on Wednesday.

Tinio said that the refresher training, which included Confidence Riding, Motorcycle Crash, Bridge Crossing, Ride and Shoot, Static Motorcycle Shooting, Team Shooting Tactics, First Aid, Gun Shot Wound and Road Side Emergency, Motorcycle Patrolling, Escorting, Pursuit and Interdiction and Live Fire Tactical Simulated Firing, was part of the QCPD’s implementation of the PNP’s Back to Basics (B2B) Program to upgrade skills learned in basic training some two years ago when the units were formed.

He noted the 55 police motorcyclists are from the QCPD’s two-wheel motorized tactical response units at headquarters and in all the 12 police stations in the city will provide rapid response to crimes in progress or other calls for police assistance in spite of heavy road traffic which delay or preempt four-wheel vehicles.

He added that aside from refreshing and enhancing skills, the training would further boost QCPD’s capabilities in anti-criminality tactics, especially in contending with motorcycle-riding criminals.

For his part, Chief Insp. Hilberth Balanay, who was among the instructors, commended the participants for their discipline during the training and thanked them for their diligence and dedication.

He also expressed his confidence that the participants are now even more skilled in addressing street crimes.

Tinio also congratulated the participants and urged them to do their best in the QCPD’s no non-sense anti-criminality program under ‘Oplan Lambat Sibat’ as ordered by SILG Mel Senen Sarmiento, PNP Chief, PDG Ricardo Marquez and NCRPO Regional Director PDir Joel Pagdilao.