Police ready for schools’ opening

• Source:http://punch.dagupan.com/articles/news/2016/06/police-ready-for-schools-opening/
• Sunday, June 5, 2016

By Leonardo Micua

THE Pangasinan police will put up assistance desks near every school starting the opening of classes on June 13 to support of the “Balik Eskwela” program of the Department of Education (DepEd).

P/Supt. Jackie Candelario, deputy police provincial director for operations and also information officer of the Pangasinan Police Provincial Office (PPPO), said policemen will be out of their respective stations, along with their force multipliers, to ensure the safety of pupils and students going back to school.

He told the KBP Forum that in addition to the assistance desk, uniformed policemen will be posted near the school gate to help ensure that those entering schools are not carrying illegal drugs.

Anticipating the opening of classes to spawn heavy vehicular traffic on the streets, policemen will also direct traffic in major streets and in areas where construction and widening of roads, particularly in Dagupan City, Binmaley and Mangaldan.

He said the assistance desks near schools will also address the problem of bullying by students.

Candelario, however, doesn’t expect any major disruption in any of the 48 towns and cities in Pangasinan during the first week of school because all the contingency measures are already in place by the police and their multipliers. (Leonardo Micua)