SOME 20,000 uniformed policemen will be deployed around universities and colleges all over the country with the expected influx of millions of students for the first day of classes today.

Philippine National Police (PNP) spokesman and Chief Supt. Reuben Theodore Sindac on Sunday said of the 18,880 policemen tapped for duty on the opening of classes, 2,500 will be assigned around the university district of Manila and other schools in the National Capital Region.

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