New PNP Agusan del Sur chief assumes office

New PNP Provincial Director for Agusan del Sur P/SSupt. Rodolfo Dasmarinas has formally assumed office right after taking his oath on November 28, 2011 at the PNP provincial headquarters.
Dasmarinas replaced P/SSupt. Jerome Baxinela.

The provincial director was chief of police in the municipalities of Trento and San Francisco in the late 1990's, before he became assistant provincial PNP director in Agusan del Sur.
P/SSupt. Dasmarinas also served as PDEA Regional Director of Caraga Region, and PNP provincial director in the province of Dinagat.

Upon his assumption to office, Dasmarinas said he will strictly enforce the police mandate, especially the police visibility in order to curb criminality in the entire province of Agusan del Sur. Dasmarinas said, one of his priority is to install one police personnel in every barangay to supervise the barangay tanods in order ensure the peace and order in the community.

P/SSupt. Dasmarinas also enforce the literal meaning of "Oplan Walis", saying the PNP should first clean their quarters and its surroundings so that they can effectively clean the violators of the law in the society. He also stressed that criminality can only be stopped and unsolved crimes can be solved if the police and the community will work together to obtain genuine peace and order. -PIA — ARA