BALANGA CITY – The Philippine National Police on Friday launched the Barangay Peacekeeping Action Teams (BPATs) with the mass oath-taking of more than 2,000 members to help police in the maintenance of peace and order.
Senior Supt. Arnold Gunnacao, Bataan police director, said the PNP will form BPATs all over the country that will be trained in police work. “Tuturuan sila ng trabaho ng pulis upang maging maliwanag ang papel nila sa barangay at hindi pagpapatrulya lamang ang gagawin nila,” the police provincial director said.
In Bataan, 2,370 barangay tanods in 237 villages will compose the BPAT at 10 tanods per barangay. “They will no longer be known as barangay tanod but we will modernize and empower them as barangay peacekeepers,” Gunnacao said.
The barangay peacekeepers took their oath before Gov. Enrique Garcia in the giant Bataan People’s Center at the Capitol grounds in Balanga City.
“Malaking tulong sa pulisya ang magagawa ng mga kasapi ng BPATs sa pagpapanatili ng katahimikan sa mga barangay na napakahalaga upang ang isang lugal ay umunlad at magtagumpay,” the Bataan governor said.
Garcia said the province of more than 700,000 people needs 2,100 policemen to have the ideal ratio of three policemen per 1,000 people. Bataan has 11 towns and one city but has only a little over 500 police personnel.
“Ang mga dating barangay tanod na ngayon ay barangay peacekeepers na ay magiging kaakibat ng pulisya upang magpatuloy ang katahimikan at progreso sa ating lalawigan,” the governor said.
Garcia said he will continue on giving rice allowance to members of the BPATs that the provincial government has been doing for years. Each tanod receives a sack of rice every four months.
Senior Supt. Arnold Gunnacao, Bataan police director, said the PNP will form BPATs all over the country that will be trained in police work. “Tuturuan sila ng trabaho ng pulis upang maging maliwanag ang papel nila sa barangay at hindi pagpapatrulya lamang ang gagawin nila,” the police provincial director said.
In Bataan, 2,370 barangay tanods in 237 villages will compose the BPAT at 10 tanods per barangay. “They will no longer be known as barangay tanod but we will modernize and empower them as barangay peacekeepers,” Gunnacao said.
The barangay peacekeepers took their oath before Gov. Enrique Garcia in the giant Bataan People’s Center at the Capitol grounds in Balanga City.
“Malaking tulong sa pulisya ang magagawa ng mga kasapi ng BPATs sa pagpapanatili ng katahimikan sa mga barangay na napakahalaga upang ang isang lugal ay umunlad at magtagumpay,” the Bataan governor said.
Garcia said the province of more than 700,000 people needs 2,100 policemen to have the ideal ratio of three policemen per 1,000 people. Bataan has 11 towns and one city but has only a little over 500 police personnel.
“Ang mga dating barangay tanod na ngayon ay barangay peacekeepers na ay magiging kaakibat ng pulisya upang magpatuloy ang katahimikan at progreso sa ating lalawigan,” the governor said.
Garcia said he will continue on giving rice allowance to members of the BPATs that the provincial government has been doing for years. Each tanod receives a sack of rice every four months.
