PNP chief wants policeman in every Bicol village
January 17, 2012 // admin // Municipal
LEGAZPI CITY, Jan. 17 (PNA) — A police in every village and stamp out illegal activities in Bicol are among the marching orders of Philippine National Police (PNP) Director General Nicanor Bartolome to the newly installed Bicol PNP police director.
Police Chief Supt. Jose Arne De Los Santos, on Monday took over the command of the PNP in Bicol vice Chief Supt. Cecilio Calleja who reached the mandatory retirement age of a police officer.
Bartolome together with national and regional police and military officials led on Monday the turnover rites at Police Camp Gen. Simeon Ola here.
Bartolome said he expects De Los Santos to carry out by this year his order for a police in every village to strengthen police visibility specially in remote villages across the region.
In Bicol there are 3,471 villages spread over 107 towns and seven cities in provinces of Camarines Sur, Albay, Sorsogon, Camarines Norte, and the island provinces of Masbate and Catanduanes.
At present, Bartolome said 23,000 villages nationwide (55 percent) have been covered by this police visibility program, “and we expect a 75 percent coverage (32,000) by the end of the year.”
In an ambush interview, Bartolome said he will look into the report of widespread illegal gambling disguised as on-line lottery operating in the provinces of Albay, Sorsogon Camarines Sur and Camarines Norte.
Reports have it that a gaming outfit Meriedien Vista Gaming Corp. an online betting with jai-alai type of game is reportedly a jueteng front disguised as a legitimate gaming outlet under the Philippine Charity Sweepstakes Office (PCSO).
However, the PCSO declared that the Meriedien Vista Gaming Corp. is not authorized to operate gaming outlets in Bicol, explaining further that the gaming outfit is registered with the Cagayan Economic Zone Authority (CEZA) and consequently authorized to operate in Cagayan.
Bartolome said he will instruct De Los Santos to investigate the matter and if indeed operating illegally, the police will use its power to put an end to this illegal numbers game.
De Los Santos, a graduate of the Philippine Military Academy (PMA) Batch 79, is a native of Daraga, Albay.
De Los Santos before his assignment in Bicol, he was the Chief of PNP Southern Police District in Quezon City.
He was also assigned as Police Provincial Director of Sorsogon and Camarines Sur.
De Los Santos will end his tour of duty next year. (PNA)
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