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PRO-7 has new acting chief

CEBU CITY鈥擳he Police Regional Office in Central Visayas (PRO-7) has a new acting chief starting聽Friday.

Chief Supt. Patrocinio Comendador Jr. takes over the PRO- 7 as officer-in-charge, replacing Chief Supt. Manuel Gaerlan who was reassigned to PRO in Davao region based in Davao City.

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Gaerlan鈥檚 reassignment came barely two months before the upcoming聽May 9聽national elections.

Senior Supt. Renato Dugan, acting chief of the Regional Personnel and Human Resource Development Division in Central Visayas, said they received on Thursday聽a copy of the order from Camp Crame that the reshuffle would take effect聽on Friday.

He added that the transfer had a clearance from the Commission on Elections.

Comendador was director of the Cebu Provincial Police Office before he was transferred to National Capital Region Police Office (NCRPO) in 2013.
About聽two years later, he returned to Cebu as officer-in-charge of PRO-7.

In a text message to Inquirer, Gaerlan said a formal turnover of command would be held聽on Monday聽in Camp Sergio Osme帽a, headquarters of the PRO-7 located along Osme帽a Boulevard in Cebu City.

鈥淚 am lucky and thankful to be given a chance to lead the biggest PRO in the Visayas and now in Mindanao,鈥 he said.

鈥淎s a professional police officer, it only takes an order to move me to my present location and take me to where my services are needed. I serve at the pleasure of the Philippine National Police chief,鈥 he added.

Gaerlan had been PRO-7 chief since Dec. 8, 2015 and was among those who were credited for Cebu鈥檚 successful hosting of International Eucharistic Congress (IEC) in January which was attended by at least 15,000 delegates from different countries. RAM

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