ILOILO CITY — The Police Regional Office in Western Visayas (PRO-6) on Wednesday distributed 34 new single cab pickups (Toyota Hi-lux) to various police units in the region.
Most of the new patrol vehicles were distributed to selected police stations under the Iloilo Police Provincial Office and Negros Occidental Police Provincial Office with 12 each.
Bacolod City Police Office got six and while the Guimaras Police Provincial Office got two. The Mobile Training Group and the regional headquarters received one unit each.
The patrol vehicles came from the central office of the Philippine National Police (PNP) and were distributed in line with its Capability Enhancement Program.
Chief Supt. John Bulalacao, PRO-6 Regional Director, said that the new patrol vehicles will “make us more capable to go after our criminals.|”
“Our cops will be more mobile with all these vehicles and there will be no more reasons for the police here in Western Visayas to be unproductive,” he said in a media interview.
After the distribution, Bulalacao talked to the recipients of the patrol vehicles and instructed them to really take care of the vehicles.
“We seldom get new patrol vehicles so we should take care of these and there should be no accident as much as possible and use them only for official activities,” he said.
Bulalacao warned policemen drivers not to make their patrol vehicles as “air-conditioned room” to stay.
“That is really prohibited. Once I will be able to catch someone, the vehicle will be confiscated and the policeman will be administratively charged,” he said.
Bulalacao said that almost all towns in the region already have their own patrol vehicles but he is expecting more to be distributed in the region in the coming months.
He said that the recipients of the patrol vehicles were identified based on the inventory of police stations capabilities. (Cindy Ferrer/PNA)
