Macapagal-Arroyo yesterday ordered the police to neutralize the 21 known kidnapping syndicates using military tactics applied against the Abu Sayyaf in Mindanao. The President gave the order during the âorder of battleâ workshop of the Philippine National Police (PNP) in Camp Crame. The workshop named the kidnap-for-ransom gangs and identified their possible hideouts. In her speech earlier, the President announced that she has approved the creation of a new anti-kidnapping force that would be called Police Anti-Crime Emergency Response or PACER. She told the police launch military-type of operations against the kidnappers, just like what the Armed Forces has been doing against the Abu Sayyaf. PACER will replace the National Anti-Kidnapping Task Force and will be a composite group of police officers, soldiers and agents of the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI).
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