Bacolod City – A Regional Mobile Force Battalion (RMFB) unit was activated by the Philippine National Police, following the activation last week of the Police Regional Office – Negros Island Region (PRO-NIR).
It is composed of 684 police personnel, of which 47 are police commissioned officers.
The RMFB is a battalion-sized mobile reaction unit within Police Regional Offices, tasked with internal security operations and reinforcing provincial, city, and municipal police units for public safety, law enforcement, and special operations.
The newly activated PRO-NIR is presently headed by its officer-in-charge, PBrig. Gen. Jack Wanky, also the regional police director of Western Visayas.
Under the new police organization, the PRO-NIR supervises three provincial police offices of Negros Occidental, Negros Oriental and Siquijor, as well as Bacolod City Police Office.
Under the three provincial police offices, there are 56 component city and municipal police stations, while BCPO supervises 10 police stations.
The regional offices of Bureau of Fire and Protection, as well as the Bureau of Jail Management and Penology, are soon to be activated also, Interior and Local Government Undersecretary for Peace and Order, Nestor Sanares, announced earlier. (Gilbert Bayoran via tvds)