Cascolan designates new police area commanders

Philippine National Police (PNP) chief Police General Camilo Pancratius Cascolan on Monday ordered a reorganization among the four police area commanders who will oversee operations of regional and provincial mobile forces.

The PNP Public Information Office said the new heads of Directorates for Integrated Police Operations (DIPOs) include the following:

•     Police Major General Dionardo Carlos- Director, DIPO-Visayas
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•     Police Major General Chiquito Malayo- Director, DIPO-Western Mindanao
•     Police Brig General Manuel Abu- Director, DIPO-Southern Luzon

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•     Police Brig General Ferdinand Daway- Director, DIPO-Northern Luzon

Cascolan tasked the DIPOs to prepare the implementing rules and regulations to operationalize new developments in terms of their expanded functions in internal security operations.

He said DIPOs would be the focused units which will combat communist insurgency.

“We envision this development for our DIPOs as one of our frontline units in peace and order functions, particularly our crusade against communist insurgents and other threat groups in far-flung areas across the country,” Cascolan said.

He added that DIPOs would also assume bigger roles in investigation of major crime and terrorism incidents that cross jurisdictions of police regional offices.

The PNP leadership is also eyeing to fast-track the decongestion and relocation plans for DIPO offices in strategic areas to allow closer supervision of regional and provincial mobile forces.—AOL, GMA News