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"OLONGAPO CITY—The city is deploying shore patrol officers under a
proposed task force to prevent crimes while American servicemen spend
their liberty (rest and recreation) period here. Local law enforcers will serve as shore patrol officers and would be
stationed at entry and exit points of the Subic Bay Freeport to monitor
vehicles entering and leaving the economic zone, according to Mayor
Rolen Paulino. “We are bringing back shore patrol [officers] and they will ensure
that US troops will not go to areas that are considered off limits or
out of bounds,” Paulino said. He said a command center would also be set up for easy coordination of incident reports involving American troops. “These [safety measures] will only be activated when visiting troops are around,” he said. Plans are being drawn up once American ships again frequent the area,
should the murder trial of US Marine Lance Cpl. Joseph Scott Pemberton
wind up in the next three months, he said. Pemberton is awaiting a local court’s verdict on the murder charge
filed against him by the family of slain Filipino transgender Jeffrey
“Jennifer” Laude.........“Once the trial of Pemberton is over, we’re looking forward to more frequent visits of US ships and their troops,” Paulino said......... Last year, the US Pacific Command (US Pacom) canceled the R&R of
US servicemen in the Philippines after Pemberton was detained for
Laude’s slaying. Subic Bay Metropolitan Authority (SBMA) Chair Roberto Garcia earlier
said the US Pacom had eased up on its servicemen’s liberty R&R and
allowed them to leave their ships but not the free port.........SPO1 Johnstone Lloyd Cortez, chief investigator of Police Station 3
here, said a number of US troops visiting this city in the last 10 years
had been charged with “unruly behavior.” “Based on my personal observation, some of these visiting US
servicemen were involved in bar fights with Filipinos over unpaid bills
or being too drunk,” Cortez told the Inquirer. He said the police station, which is near a stretch of entertainment
clubs frequented by visiting US servicemen, had received complaints from
bar owners about Americans being “too annoying” or “rowdy.” But none of the documented cases was as grave as Pemberton’s murder charge."
http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/721538/olongapo-braces-for-more-gi-visits-in-coming-months