BACOLOD City Councilor Al Victor Espino, chairperson of the City Council committee on police matter, urged the Bacolod City Police Office (BCPO) to double its effort to solve the series of killing incidents in the city.
"It's very, very alarming and our policemen should double its effort to identify and arrest the suspects," he said.
Last week, a headless body Glenn Castillo, 42, of Barangay Cabug, was dumped along Rosario Street, Barangay 38, Bacolod City while its severed head was also found on Purok Sigay, Barangay 2, in the city.
On August 29, Staff Sergeant Joseph Nepomuceno, 37, a member of City Drug Enforcement Unit (CDEU) and resident of Barangay 14, Bacolod City, was shot to death by two unidentified motorcycle-riding assailants on Rosario Street in Barangay 38.
Espino said policemen should be deployed in various areas for a visibility patrol to preempt the possible operations of lawless elements.
He said Philippine National Police (PNP) Chief General Guillermo Eleazar also ordered the BCPO and Police Regional Office (PRO)-Western Visayas to look into the killing of Nepomuceno.
"We are hopeful that our police will solve the killings and give justice to the family of the victims," he added.
Espino noted that these incidents are not unique in Bacolod because it is also happening in other places in the country.
Vice Mayor El Cid Familiaran earlier said Bacolod City had several shooting incidents that remained unsolved with no identification of the suspects.
He said BCPO should intensify its visibility patrol with the help of the village watchmen and install security cameras to preempt the possible operation of lawless elements.
“Policemen should do their part to solve the killings so that we will have peace of mind,” he added.