COURTESY CALL. Negros Oriental OIC provincial police director, Col. Jonathan Pineda, pays a courtesy call on Governor Pryde Henry Teves at the Capitol in Bacolod City on Tuesday (Sept. 6, 2022), as Provincial Legal Officer Ronel Depalubos looks on. The governor wants to find a property where law enforcement units can be co-located as a "one-stop shop". (Photo courtesy of Capitol PIO)
DUMAGUETE CITY – Negros Oriental Governor Pryde Henry Teves has reassured the new officer-in-charge (OIC) provincial police director of his support as he pushed for a common space for the co-location of certain law enforcement units.
The governor welcomed and extended his support to OIC provincial police director, Col. Jonathan Pineda, during the latter’s courtesy call Tuesday afternoon at the Capitol, provincial information officer-designate Oliver Lemence said on Wednesday.
Teves told Pineda to “look for a land where law enforcers can be (situated) in one government center, to include the Internal Affairs Service (Philippine National Police), the Highway Patrol Group, the National Bureau of Investigation, PNP Maritime Police, so it would be like a one-stop shop for them,” Lemence told the Philippine News Agency.
Another commitment of the governor is to develop the connectivity of the information systems “so that in the event of a change of administration, their data bank of information will be consistent and the future of intelligence will be secured”, he added.
Despite the “controversial” installation of Pineda as the new chief of the Negros Oriental Provincial Police Office (NOPPO), Teves also committed to providing help to the latter, such as the updating of the information system, fuel requirements, and others, Lemence said.
Pineda was named to his current post last Aug. 16, vice Col. Germano Mallari, whose relief Teves had opposed, saying he was “not consulted”.
Provincial Legal Officer Ronel Depalubos said last week Teves wanted to choose the next police director from a list of three nominees submitted to him by the PNP hierarchy.
For now, Teves is open to working with Pineda, who told the governor that he will support and cooperate with the provincial government to ensure stability, security, and peace and order in the province. (PNA)
