The Negros Occidental Police Provincial Office is now readying the Area Police Command- Visayas at Camp Alfredo Montelibano Sr. in Bacolod City for the ceremonial activation of the Police Regional Office-Negros Island Region.
NOCPPO Spokesperson Capt. Judesses Catalogo said on Tuesday, Jan. 7, that the ceremonial activation of PRO-NIR will be held this month.
While construction of more infrastructure for the NIR police regional office is yet to be planned, Catalogo said that there will be recruitment of more police officials for Negros Occidental, Negros Oriental, and Siquijor.
Prior to the dissolution of NIR in 2017, there was a plan to build the PRO-NIR headquarters at a regional center in Kabankalan City.
Republic Act 12000 or the NIR Act states that regional offices must be equally distributed to the three provinces to ensure that government services are more accessible by the public.*