BAGUIO City Mayor Mauricio Domogan requested the leadership of the Philippine National Police (PNP) to submit two more names of qualified officers for director of the Baguio City Police Office (BCPO) to replace those who have withdrawn.
The local chief executive claimed when the five police officers in the initial list were contacted to submit the required documents to the local screening committee and make themselves available for a rigid interview, one of them begged off as he was due for appointment as chief of staff of the Police Regional Office (PRO) in the Cordillera while another police officer withdrew because he is awaiting a position in the general headquarters which had been promised him.
“We have no recourse but to return the shortlist to the PNP so the five names of qualified police officers will be completed considering the withdrawal of the two prospective candidates. We hope that the shortlist could be made available the soonest possible time for us to select the next BCPO chief,” Domogan said.
Included in the shortlist that was transmitted to the local government by PRO-COR regional director Chief Superintendent Rolando Nana are Ifugao Provincial Police Office officer-in-charge Senior Superintendent David Peredo, Senior Superintendent Agustin Juan Tello, Senior Superintendent Giovani Maines, PRO-COR regional intelligence chief Senior Superintendent Elmer Ragay and former BCPO director Senior Superintendent George Daskeo.
Under the law that created the PNP, local chief executives are empowered to select from a list of qualified senior police officers the one who will head the local police office in his or her area of jurisdiction.
The two-year tour of duty of BCPO director Ramil Saculles lapsed last month but he is holding his position on a holdover capacity while awaiting the appointment of his successor. (PR)