IN 4th QUARTER
NOPPO regains
no. 1 slot in performance evaluation

The Negros Occidental Police Provincial Office has finally regained the number one slot in the performance evaluation rating, among the six provincial police offices in Western Visayas, for the fourth quarter of 2005.

Records of the Police Regional Office 6 indicated that the Negros Occidental police has overtaken the Capiz Police Provincial Office that was number one in the third quarter of 2005.

Police records also showed that NOPPO ranked number one in the first quarter of 2005, but dove to fourth and fifth positions in the second and third quarters of 2005, among the nine major police units in Western Visayas. On the other hand, the Bacolod City Police Office, a consistent top performer in previous two quarters of 2005, ranked fourth and fifth respectively, in the 3rd and 4th quarters of the same year.

The nine major police units, aside from BCPO and NOPPO, are rated by the PRO 6 every quarter of the year for community relations, operations, intelligence, investigations, management of personnel and logistics, plans and comptrollership.

In the same period, the police station of E.B. Magalona and Escalante also topped the performance rating in the city and town categories, respectively, in Negros Occidental.

Despite the "roller-coaster ratings" of NOPPO and BCPO in Western Visayas, on the contrary, both police units made it to the list of finalists in the search for best provincial and city police offices nationwide for 2005, based on ratings they got from the Annual General Inspection and Operational Readiness Security Inspection Test and Evaluation conducted by Camp Crame.

The result is expected to be known within this week as the awarding of outstanding police units and individuals is slated Jan. 30 at Camp Crame, in connection with the 15th founding anniversary of the Philippine National Police.*GPB

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RMG troopers face
harassment raps

Two women from Silay City, Negros Occidental, yesterday sought justice claiming their husbands were maltreated and harassed by 603rd Regional Mobile Group troopers at the Aidsisa detachment in Brgy. Bagtic, Silay City, on Sept. 7, 2004.

In a press conference called by the National Federation of Sugar Workers-Negros in Bacolod City yesterday, Chris Marie Garcia, 20 and Teresita Desabello, 39, said their husbands were arrested by RMG members Saturday for direct assault against persons in authority and attempted homicide.

July Garcia, 40, a farmer, and Ireneo Desabello, 39, a tuba gatherer, are now detained at the Silay PNP.

Chris Marie, a mother of a month-old baby boy, and Teresita, a mother of seven. claimed their husbands were accused of the crimes they had not committed.

Chris Marie narrated that on Sept. 7, 2004, Insp. Adrian Acollador and PO1 Salvador Cordero went to her residence looking for her brother-in-law Ernie, 31, who was linked to the death of a businessman in San Carlos City in 2003.

She said Ernie resisted when Acollador and Cordero failed to present an arrest warrant. She said Cordero drew his service firearm when he saw Ernie going out of the house, which resulted in a commotion. She said Ernie's older brother, Jerry, scuffled with Cordero, which caused the gun to fire hitting the policeman in his arm.

Chris Marie said Acollador rushed in and shot her husband July hitting him in his knee. Acollador also poked his firearm at Jerry, she added.

Teresita, meanwhile, said her husband Ireneo was forcibly arrested by Acollador Saturday without presenting an arrest warrant. She claimed Ireneo was mauled by some members of the RMG troopers while they were in the detachment.

Nancy Nacionales said Acollador and his men had also mauled his father Wilfredo Garcia, 74, on Sept. 7, 2004. She said Acollador forcibly brought her father at the Aidsisa detachment where he was mauled. She claimed that unidentified RMG troopers put spices on her father's eyes.

Meanwhile, Supt. Rene Aspera 6th RMG director, yesterday told the DAILY STAR in a phone interview, his office has not received formal complaints from the Garcias and Desabellos yet.*DMG

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Cops nab suspect
in highway robbery

A Bacolod resident allegedly involved in a highway robbery was arrested by Bacolod Intelligence and Investigation Branch policemen at Purok Halandumon 2, Brgy. Banago, Bacolod City, at about 7:30 a.m. yesterday.

Senior Insp. Joeresty Coronica, IIB chief, and his men swooped down on a residence where Reggie Fernandez Esquilla, 37, of Purok Lampirong, Brgy. 2, was spotted few days earlier.

Bacolod City police director, Senior Supt. Pedro Merced, said Esquilla, alias" Inday" was tagged as a member of the group who held up and robbed an E.B. Magalona Sangguniang Panlalawigan secretary of P50,000 in cash in 2004.

Esquilla was arrested on the strength of an arrest warrant issued by Judge Philadelpha Agraviador of the 6th Judicial Regional Trial Court, Branch 43. His bail was set at P24,000, Merced added.

Meanwhile, Rhoda Rossel Gutierrez Talavero, 25, single, of Purok Lison, Brgy. 1 and Donie Val Salazar Vallos, 27, single, of Lot 8, Block 41, San Dionisio, Brgy. Granada, all in Bacolod City reported to Police Precinct 2 they were held up by at least six unidentified persons armed with bladed weapons at South Capitol Road at about 7 p.m. Monday.

The hold-up men grabbed Talavero's bag containing a fisherman's hut, black wallet and keys and they also snatched Vallos' silver bracelet worth P1,000, police reports said.*DMG

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