BUTUAN CITY — The Police Regional Office in the Caraga Region announced on Sunday that it has deployed 6,316 personnel across the region to secure the Barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan Elections slated today.

"These police personnel are tasked to provide maximum security to 1,349 voting centers in the whole Caraga Region," said PRO-13 Information Office chief Maj. Jennifer Omiter in an online interview.

She added that checkpoints have already been established in strategic areas with the different units of the Armed Forces of the Philippines.

Omiter said no election-related incidents have been recorded so far in the region since the start of the campaign period.

In a separate statement, PRO-13 director Brig. Gen. Kirby John Kraft reminded all the candidates and voters not to engage in vote buying to avoid legal consequences.

"I appeal to the community and our media partners to unite with us. The success of our elections is not a solitary achievement but a collective endeavor that hinges on unity," Kraft said.

The PRO-13 also activated its Media Action Center last 28 October to ensure the real-time release of accurate information on the conduct of the elections and will serve as a line of communication among the Public Information Officers, stakeholders, and media partners in the area.

Aside from the PRO-13 regional office, MACs were also set up in the different municipal, city and provincial police offices in the region.