ON HOLD. The Cordillera Administrative
Region Training Center (CARTC) in Teachers Camp, Baguio City has stopped all
training of policemen. Mayor Benjamin Magalong on Monday (July 12, 2021) said
the Philippine National Police (PNP) has agreed to temporarily put on hold
training at the facility after the City Epidemiology Surveillance Unit (CESU)
found 26 more trainees positive of Covid-19 from June 28 to July 11. (PNA file
photo)
By Liza
Agoot
BAGUIO CITY – Mayor Benjamin
Magalong on Monday said the Philippine National Police has agreed to
temporarily stop training at the police regional training school here to
control spread of Covid-19 among policemen.
Magalong said PNP chief Gen. Guillermo Eleazar agreed to the city’s position to temporarily hold all face-to-face training of policemen at the Cordillera Administrative Region Training Center (CARTC) in Teachers Camp.
The mayor said the city detected new Covid-19 positive patients among the trainees thus the need to discontinue said activities.
The City Epidemiology Surveillance Unit (CESU) found that 26 more trainees turned Covid-19 positive from June 28 to July 11.
Last month, 104 cases were recorded at the CARTC who were among the 197 regular officers from various regions that were undergoing leadership training at the center.
Magalong ordered lockdown of the training facility third week of June to control the movement of people and imposed testing, contact tracing, isolation, and quarantine measures.
Magalong said there is a need to emphasize adherence to health protocols among the trainees as constant reminder.
Magalong said PNP chief Gen. Guillermo Eleazar agreed to the city’s position to temporarily hold all face-to-face training of policemen at the Cordillera Administrative Region Training Center (CARTC) in Teachers Camp.
The mayor said the city detected new Covid-19 positive patients among the trainees thus the need to discontinue said activities.
The City Epidemiology Surveillance Unit (CESU) found that 26 more trainees turned Covid-19 positive from June 28 to July 11.
Last month, 104 cases were recorded at the CARTC who were among the 197 regular officers from various regions that were undergoing leadership training at the center.
Magalong ordered lockdown of the training facility third week of June to control the movement of people and imposed testing, contact tracing, isolation, and quarantine measures.
Magalong said there is a need to emphasize adherence to health protocols among the trainees as constant reminder.
“It appears that our
trainees are not compliant with the minimum public health standards,” he said.
In 2020, around 200
police recruit out of the over 500 who were undergoing Field Training Program
(FTP) at the Baguio City Police Office were also found positive of the virus.
Contact-tracing done
by the city government found that the crowded billeting of the trainees, as
well as the laxity of the trainees upon their arrival at the billeting,
contributed to the spread of the virus among the recruits.
This prompted the
issuance of new policies on billeting and compliance to rules as a deterrent to
the spread of the virus. -- PNA
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