The Bacolod police yesterday said that security measures are already in place for the celebration of the 4th BacaLaodiat Festival in the city that will start tomorrow.

Senior Supt. Ronilo Quebrar, Bacolod City Police Office director, said police stations 1, 2, and 4 will be the main precincts tasked with securing the festival sites that include the Capitol Lagoon at Lacson Street and the Capitol Shopping Center.

Members of the Regional Mobile Group will beef up the city’s police to guard the festivities, Quebrar said. Rerouting schemes have also been set to guide motorists who will drive along the BacaLaodiat sites, he added.

Organizers said a lantern and street dancing competition featuring 10 groups and nightly fireworks displays will be among the event’s highlights apart from such attractions like the lantern park at the lagoon, a chopsticks alley at 6th-Lacson streets, and mall promotions.

Quebrar said among the main concern of the police is to be on the guard against pickpockets and snatchers who will most likely try to prey on the revelers, especially foreign tourists.*PP

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