3,500 cops deployed for election duty in Davao City

May 8, 2016 1:10 AM PHT

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3,500 cops deployed for election duty in Davao City

There will be up to 4 policemen for each polling precinct, standing guard 50 meters away from the schools

DAVAO CITY, Philippines – Some 3,500 combined personnel from the Police Regional Office and Davao City Police Office will be deployed to ensure the safety and security of voters in the area on election day, May 9.

Senior Inspector Milgrace Driz, spokesperson of the Davao City Police Office (DCPO) said in an interview Friday, May 6, that the officers have been briefed on their polling center assignments.

Driz said that they will deploy two to 4 each per polling precinct, depending on the voting population, to stand guard 50 meters away from the schools as mandated by the Commission on Elections (Comelec).

“Our police officers are prohibited from handling the election paraphernalia, unless they are requested by the Board of Election Inspectors (BEIs), for example, to carry vote counting machines,” she said.

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