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All-female Baguio City SWAT team graduates

BAGUIO CITY -- The Baguio City Police Office has now 17 policewomen who finished their forty-five days rigid SWAT training specializing in firearm and combat skills held at Badiwan, Tuba and Diplomat in Baguio.

The SWAT course was opened on July 7 at the City Hall grounds graced by Mayor Reinaldo Bautista and witnessed by city officials
The Human Resource and Development Division of this office initiated the activity enhance the police women’s capabilities.

Training is a bloodline of every policeman and policewoman and our aim is to achieve excellence and provide quality service to our people,” said city police director Supt. Florante Camuyot.

“It is important for us to gain the ability and confidence of being able to do what is expected of us because we are entrusted the duty and responsibility to make the community a safe place to stay and make the police confident in dealing with the problems of the community.”

The graduation program for the policewomen was held Aug. 20 at the city police office. Bautista said he was fully supporting the endeavor.