Cops told to ‘be watchful and prayerful’

By Glazyl Y. Masculino

 

BACOLOD City – Police Colonel Romy Palgue, officer-in-charge of Negros Occidental Police Provincial Office (Nocppo), reminded policemen to be watchful and prayerful.

This, after a Nocppo personnel assigned in Valladolid Municipal Police Station was wounded in a shooting incident at Barangay Poblacion, San Enrique town last Wednesday.

Police Staff Sergeant Adan Bello was inside a remittance firm when an unidentified gunman on board a motorcycle shot him and fled.

Bello sustained three gunshot wounds and underwent a surgery at an undisclosed hospital here.

Palgue said lawless elements are just waiting for opportunities to strike. Thus, the best way to avert their wrong doings is to be on guard all the time, he added.

“We often face these risks with the nature of our job as law enforcers, we shall be watchful and prayerful so we can overcome this”, he stressed.

Police are initially looking at work-related as a possible angle behind the gun attack.

In a press statement, Palgue said that the investigators on case are working to identify the perpetrators and to determine their real motives.

“Rest assured that we are doing our best to put an end to these atrocities,” he added.