“It goes without saying that our priority is peace and order, and the security of residents,” Bacolod Mayor Alfredo Abelardo Benitez said on Wednesday, July 24.
The mayor issued the statement following a meeting with PCol. Joeresty Coronica, the new Bacolod City Police Office director, at his office at the Bacolod City Government Center.
Benitez said they discussed the responsibilities of the police.
“I want to know his plans for Bacolod,” Benitez said.
He said it may help that Coronica is from Bacolod because he is familiar with the terrain.
“Coronica knows people here so that is an advantage,” he said.
Coronica was previously the director of the Iloilo City Police Office.
He replaced Col. Noel Aliño, former BCPO director, who is now the director of the Criminal Investigation and Detection Group in the National Capital Region.*