Holy Week: Protection by SWAT
Bantayan Island: Cebu Philippines
Olympus E-1, Olympus Zuiko 14-54mm f/2.8-3.5 Digital: 1/160s f/5.6 at 45.0mm iso100
Getting very crowded here on the Island now, and in some places it's almost impossible to drive a motorcycle down a main road in Ste. Fe & Bantayan Town, due to the crowds & vehicles in the streets.
This image taken with the above Officers permission, shows the SRT/Special Response Team SWAT deployment throughout the Island, here in Bantayan Town in front of St. Peter & Paul's Roman Catholic Church.
SWAT arrives on the Island sometime during the last weekend of April, and commandeer an entire Ferry Boat to Santa Fe Pier, and are met my SUV's that whisk them away quickly to various points around the Island.
Special OPS/SRT Units in black BDU's are not seen by the general public, and are not here for crowd control.
...most foriegners know why they're here, and we all welcome their seen & unseen presence.