GRAB Philippines has strengthened its partnership with the Philippine National Police (PNP), after donating the country’s first trooper-shooting simulator, a technology that essentially helps train law enforcers on quick response to real and imminent threats on the road.
Brian P. Cu, the company’s president, said the shooting simulator will help the PNP Highway Patrol Group (PNP-HPG) be equipped with the right training and equipment necessary to enforce road safety and security along the major thoroughfares in the Philippines.
He said the facility will provide police personnel “with a sense of split-second life or death judgment on the use of force when responding to real and imminent threats that cannot be provided by training from normal shooting ranges.”
“As we continue to grow and expand our services, there is a need for us to constantly set a high bar for transportation safety standards in the transport network vehicle service industry,” Cu said. He noted that his collaboration with the police is an extension of Grab’s safety commitment cemented in 2018, when it launched its Safer Everyday Roadmap.
The continued partnership between Grab and the PNP, Cu said, “allows for the timely exchange of information related to criminal acts to prevent occurrences on Grab’s platform.”
“As an everyday super app, Grab is promoting the development of smart cities by driving digital and financial inclusion that will help serve the daily essential needs of Filipinos better. Our goal is to help the government in creating these cities and having safer roads will help us achieve that goal sooner,” Cu said.
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