Bacolod Councilor El Cid Familiaran yesterday responded to the proposal of Mayor Evelio Leonardia to review the Bac-Up concept by proposing a study of the possibility of maintaining the Bac-Up Police Precincts or centralizing them under the Bacolod City Police Office to address the crime incidents in Bacolod City.
Familiran, chairman of the Sangguniang Panlungsod Committee on Police and Security, said he is not proposing abolition of the Bac-Up Precincts but to study which proposal will be more advantageous for the city. He said maybe one cause of the increasing crime rate in the city is that some policemen are assigned in offices so there is less police visibility in the streets. Familiaran said he will suggest to acting Bacolod police director Senior Supt. Celestino Guara and the mayor the need to add force multipliers to the police force especially in crime prone areas. Meanwhile, Vice Mayor Jude Thaddeus Sayson said he believes they have to study the proposal if ever it is made in the Sangguniang Panlungsod. In his case, he said he lives in Brgy. Sum-ag which is far from the Bacolod City Police Office, so he believes they will need a Bac-Up Police Station in their barangay that will also cover Brgy. Punta-Taytay. Sayson said the proposal can be considered in police stations that are near the BCPO. But in the case of barangays Granada, Mansilingan or Mandalagan, he would suggest that the Bac-Up stations should be strengthened instead of being taken out, he said.*CGS BY CHRYSEE SAMILLANO Visayan Daily Star
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