about 1,000 police will attend the seminar under Commission on Human Rights in preparation for SONA

Miami
July 22, 2008
Story 2: about 1,000 police will attend the seminar under Commission on Human Rights in preparation for SONA

About 1,000 policemen will attend the seminar to be conducted by the Commission on Human Rights (CHR) in preparation for the State of the Nation Address (SONA) by President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo at the House of Representatives on July 28, 2008.

CHR Chairwoman Leila de Lima will give a lecture during the seminar. According to Sr. Supt. Rhodel Sermonia, Spokesperson of the National Capital Region Police Office (NCRPO) the said seminar is like a refresher course for the police for them to know what to do in the coming SONA.

The said seminar will be attended by police personnel from Civil Disturbance Management (CDM) who will be assigned at the area where protesters might stage a rally.

The seminar will be held in Quezon City Police District in Camp Caringal on July 23, 2008 at around 8:30 am.

Sermonia said that there are other seminars that will happen in some station all over Metro Manila.

“This is only to refresh the minds of our policemen on what to do if there are rallyists. It is also one way of reminding them to be patient on the protesters,” Sermonia said.

About 6, 250 policemen will be deployed for the SONA. About 3,000 will be deployed in Quezon City, about 1,700 in Manila, 500 in EDSA Shrine then the rest will be deployed in other areas of Manila.

About 1,000 policemen will be from the augmentation from Regions I, 3, 4A and CAR.