By Emilord P. Castromayor
New Davao City police director Sr. Supt. Vicente Danao Jr. officially takes over the command from outgoing police chief Sr. Supt. Ronald dela Rosa after today’s turn-over ceremony at 3:00 p.m at Camp Domingo Leonor with no less than Mayor Rodrigo Duterte as special guest.
Danao,46, former chief of the Regional Logistics and Research Development Division in Davao Region will assume as the new police director in place of Dela Rosa who will move to Camp Crame as head of the intelligence unit.
Danao, a native of Bayombong, Nueva Vizcaya, was also station commander of the Talomo police station for several years and became chief of the Regional Public Safety Battalion.
Supt. Marvin Manuel Pepino, DCPO deputy director, said that Dela Rosa had effectively ended his tour of duty on October 18 based on the letter issued by the Camp Crame in Cavite but formally ends his tour of duty today.
Pepino said the turn-over ceremony was scheduled on the availability of Mayor Duterte.
Pepino describes Danao as a leader who is “strict”.
“He is a very good leader and very strict in work. If he sees police who are not doing their duty will be warned, but if they perform well they will be rewarded,” Pepino said.
Pepino and Danao are good family friends.
When asked how he compares Danao to Dela Rosa, he replied: “Mas makita diretso and pagka-strickto niya (Danao) while Dela Rosa is very lenient.”
Dela Rosa was supposed to end his tour of duty in July this year, but based on PNP protocol, a chief of police will only hold the post for two years before given another assignment. He assumed as police chief in 2011.
Dela Rosa said in a television interview that his legacy is in the form of programs he initiated, like “Oplan Tokhang” which involves knocking on doors to those suspected drug pushers and asked them to stop their illegal activities. Meanwhile, Dela Rosa also initiated “Oplan Taphang” or meeting drug suspects and juvenile delinquents as well as their parents for the same purpose.
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