Manila, Jan. 27 -- At least 1,400 police officers will secure the 2025 Baguio Flower Festival or Panagbenga, especially during the grand parades set on Feb. 22 and 23, the Baguio City Police Office said.

"We have policemen in uniform and plain clothes policemen who will be deployed in different locations to ensure the security not just at the parades but the city as a whole," Col. Ruel Tagel, city police director, said Monday.

Tagel said around 1,402 police personnel will be deployed by the BCPO, aside from the augmentation personnel from the Police Regional Office Cordillera Administrative Region (PROCAR) and the force multipliers.

Aside from the parade routes and the central business district (CBD), police personnel will also condu...