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BY MAE SINGUAY
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BACOLOD City – Police asked Mayor Evelio Leonardia to donate to them the 10 patrol vehicles the city government recently recalled.
Senior Superintendent Flynn Dongbo, director of the Bacolod City Police Office (BCPO), claimed they do not have sufficient patrol cars to be used in their anticrime campaign and peace and order maintenance.
Citing procurement issues, the city government recalled the patrol cars it turned over to the BCPO in June. It has not yet paid for them, officials revealed. The BCPO returned the vehicles on Dec. 12.
Worth a total of P8.497 million, the brand-new Mitsubishi L300s had LED blinkers, sirens and CDRRMO logos.
But upon Leonardia’s advice, the patrol vehicles were given back to the BCPO as soon as City Legal Office personnel finished inspecting them.
Executive Assistant Joemarie Vargas said the mayor did not want to hamper police operations while city hall settles the issue with the supplier, Fast Auto World Phils. Corp., a company based in Sibulan, Negros Oriental.
Technically the local government owns the vehicles, not the BCPO, General Services Office head Jerome Solinap had said. In fact, he said, the vehicles were just “lent” to the police.
If city hall must donate the vehicles to the police, it must seek approval from the Sangguniang Panlungsod first, Vargas had said./PN
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