Benguet Cops Win PRO-COR's Modified Handgun Marksmanship Competition

Photo Courtesy || PNP Cordillera

Cordillera - Police Regional Office Cordillera (PROCOR) conducted the PNP Modified Handgun Marksmanship Competition at PROCOR Firing Range, Camp Major Bado Dangwa, La Trinidad, Benguet. A total of 55 Police Officers from the different units of PROCOR joined the competition.

Continuous enhancement of skills and competence, specifically in firearms proficiency, is needed by every PNP personnel to ensure that all are familiar and proficient with their issued firearm and that all will be effective in performing their duties and responsibilities. Thus, PROCOR conducts marksmanship training and competition to retrain, asses and test the competency and capability of all personnel within the region.

The Modified Handgun Marksmanship Competition is participated by two (2) teams each from Baguio City Police Office (BCPO), Benguet Provincial Police Office (PPO) and Regional Mobile Force Battalion 15, and one (1) team each from the other PPOs. Each team is composed of 5 best shooters selected from their respective units.

Before the competition, all participants had lectures on firearm familiarization, care and maintenance, gun safety rules and the live firing on the courses. The courses are composed of three (3) phases. Phase 1 is the Handgun Familiarization and Precision Training, Phase 2 is the Handgun Qualification Marksmanship Test, and finally, Phase 3 is the Handgun Classification Marksmanship Test.

As the activity ended, Benguet PPO Team 1 emerged as the champion, BCPO Team 1 as the 1st runner up, Ifugao PPO as 2nd runner up, and Benguet PPO Team 2 as 3rd runner up.

Benguet PPO is under the leadership of PCOL ELMER RAGAY, the Provincial Director.

Furthermore, the 55 participants were classified and awarded with classification badges. 10 participants were classified as Marksman, 43 as Sharpshooter, and 2 as Expert.

As PROCOR Deputy Regional Director for Operations PCOL JOHN CHUA congratulated all the winners and participants, he also reiterated that every police officer should be responsible and proficient holders of firearms so that they will be effective in the performance of their duty.

source || PNP Cordillera

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795 Cordillera cops promoted to higher ranks

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Cordillera - A total of 795 uniformed personnel of the Philippine National Police (PNP) assigned in various units of the Police Regional Office Cordillera (PROCOR) were promoted to new higher ranks. 

Brig. Gen Israel Ephraim Dickson, PROCOR regional director, who led the mass donning of rank, reminded the newly promoted cops in the region to abide by the rules and regulations of the police organization.

"Pangalagaan natin ang ating serbisyo. We are lucky to have been included and passed the screening by the promotions board as there were others who were not promoted for various reasons," Dickson said in a speech. 

He also said that the PNP organization took the role as Santa Claus granting policemen their wishes to be promoted. 

"I believe that today we are seeing the PNP in the role of Santa Claus bestowing an early Christmas gift to a select few. There is perhaps no greater gift than to be pinned with the emblem of the next higher ranks as the closing of the year for any PNP personnel," Dickson added. 

He reminded the newly promoted officers to be dedicated to serve the people whom they swears to serve and protect. 

He added that their promotion to higher ranks equates to a greater responsibility. 

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The newly-promoted police officers are from the PROCOR, Regional headquarters, Baguio City Police Office (BCPO), Benguet Provincial Office (BPPO), the different province in the region and the national police service units, according to PNA website.

The highest rank promoted was to a Lieutenant Colonel. The most number of those promoted were with the rank Police Executive Master Sergeant (PEMS) and eight with Corporal rank.

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Benguet Provincial Police Officers went the extra mile on their outreach program at Talinguroy Elementary School

PNP Officers, parent and teachers at TES

Benguet- Cordilleran police officers from the Philippine National Police (PNP)-Benguet Provincial Police Office (BPPO) went beyond their law and order enforcement duties to extending their outreach programs in the education sector.

Led by PLTCOL. Tessie Sarmiento, the group of snappy police officers from Benguet volunteered as teachers  for a day at Talinguroy Elementary School in Wangal, La Trinidad. Like teachers usually do, they danced, sang, and taught the children in the classroom. They even prepared some food and had a boodle fight lunch with everyone. 

Police officers dancing and singing with grades  1 and 2 pupils at TES

The  Police Officers also handed out some school supplies and slippers to which the children received with gratitude and excitement.

TES pupils receiving their gifts from BPPO

The PNP officers who volunteered and inspired the children at this outreach event are as follows: PLTCOL Tessie Sarmiento, PEMS Rufino Tarnate, PSMS Dwight Arukod, PSSg Ronelo Mates, PSSg Sandy Golocan, PCpl Reynold Abyado, Pat Geraldine Samortina and Pat Violy Poc-oran. 

On her Facebook post, the school principal Dr. Agnes Malinias expressed her heartfelt appreciation to the BPPO and Police Officer volunteers for such a memorable experience they imparted to the school children of TES.

Children with the Police Officers on a boodle fight  lunch

"Thank you sirs and ma'ams from the Benguet Police Provincial Office for the time, effort, resources and love you gave to the learners of Talinguroy Elementary School. You acted as their advisers, music teachers, values education teacher, and physical education teacher. Indeed you left a wonderful experience in the hearts of the children which they really treasure throughout their life," Dr. Malinias said.

Police officers are indeed heroes not only in the eyes of the children but also in the community they serve. The BPPO's program in developing community relations through reaching out to schools and working hand in hand with teachers in educating the young  is really commendable.

Photo courtesy: A. Malinias FB

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