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Cops to lead tanods in community-level quarantine enforcement

Published Jul 23, 2020 02:42 pm

The Joint Task Force COVID Shield instructed on Thursday all police commanders to designate a policeman in every barangay to serve as quarantine supervisor to implement President Duterte’s order to strictly enforce the wearing of face masks and observance of physical distancing amid the continuous rise of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) cases in the country.

Lt. Gen. Guillermo Eleazar
(PNP / MANILA BULLETIN / FILE PHOTO)

Police Lt. Gen. Guillermo Lorenzo Eleazar, commander of the JTF COVID Shield, said the police supervisor would serve as team leader of the barangay security officers, or barangay tanod, in the enforcement of the minimum health safety protocols, explaining community level implementation of quarantine rules as necessary in containing the spread of the coronavirus.

“The presence of policemen is not only a proven crime deterrent but also compels civilians to behave. In this time of pandemic when compliance to the minimum health safety protocols is a must to prevent the spread of the coronavirus, we need to make the presence of the police in the barangay to ensure that the order of President Duterte is enforced properly and strictly,” said Eleazar.

The PNP program, Pulis sa Barangay, which focuses on peace and order, said Eleazar, could be utilized by police commanders to include quarantine rules enforcement among their duties.

Eleazar said barangays play a key role in the fight against COVID19 because based on the complaints and reports they have been receiving, local residents have started being complacent on the health safety protocols since the quarantine restrictions were eased in almost all parts of the country.

Residents at the barangay level have been reportedly shunning the use of face masks and have started converging again for a drinking session and even for gossiping.

“Enforcement of minimum health safety protocols at the community level is essential in our fight against the COVID-19. As health experts said, we should always assume that the people we are talking to and cross paths with are virus carriers so wearing face masks and physical distancing is really an integral part in our goal of defeating the coronavirus,” said Eleazar.

“This fight must be brought to the community level and the best way to do it is to make the presence of the police in every barangay, especially in areas where coronavirus infection is high,” he added.

In the event that police forces are not enough to cover all the barangays in a city or municipality, they could opt for the clustering of barangays or augmentation from local military forces.

Eleazar said he is now coordinating with Interior Secretary Eduardo Año for the cooperation of the barangay officials in a more active participation of the police in the enforcement of the quarantine rules.

He added that assigning policemen as quarantine rules supervisors in the barangays is in support of the effort to maximize the ‘whole-of-government’ approach against COVID 19 by tapping barangay tanod and the city and municipality’s Public Order and Safety personnel in enforcing the quarantine rules.

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