PNP creates guidelines for police on engaging with community pantries May 20, 2021 11:46 AM PHT Jairo Bolledo Amid the ongoing wrangle between community pantry organizers and the National Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict (NTF-ELCAC), the Philippine National Police (PNP) said it has already crafted guidelines to be followed by cops when engaging with said pantries. The PNP announced on Thursday, May 20, that the PNP Directorate for Police Community Relations has created guidelines that will be strictly followed by policemen designated to guard the pantries. Under the guidelines, police presence in the vicinity of the pantries should only be for the purpose of maintaining peace and order and ensuring that minimum health protocols are being observed.