MANILA -- For the duration of summer, traffic constables working on the 23.8-km long Edsa will not be wearing long pants, but Boy Scout-type short pants to keep them cool during the hot season.
“This would give them a cool, summer look, para naman hindi masyado mainit ang pakiramdam nila habang nag-aayos ng daloy ng trapiko (so that they wouldn't be too hot while they are fixing the flow of traffic),” said Emerson Carlos, Metro Manila Development Authority's Assistant General Manager for Planning.
Among those who will the attire until May 27 are members of the Edsa 500 and the agency’s Task Force Takipsilim.
The Edsa 500 (there are 500 of them) is an elite unit of the agency tasked to manage and untangle traffic jams along Edsa during day time while Task Force Takipsilim is deployed for nightshift work.
However, except for the shorts, the enforcers will still wear their type-C blue uniform with sashes and tie and patches that identify them as “traffic constables.”
The agency decided to rename them from traffic enforcers to constables to create a new outlook for them. Aside from the makeover, enforcers belonging to the Edsa 500 were also strictly screened and retrained not only in traffic management, but also in basic legal education, self-defense, and grooming.
Constables have to be at least 5’7” in height, not more 35 years old, and should have had at least 72 units in college. Their deployment is also part of the MMDA’s “Edsa Makeover” project of beautifying the highway.
source: interaksyon.com
