Amid unresolved slays, new Negros Oriental police director named

Annie Perez, ABS-CBN News

Police Col. Rizalito Gapas was formally installed Wednesday as the new director of the Negros Oriental Provincial Police Office, taking over the post after the province&#x27;s top cop was relieved over a spate of murders still unsolved. Formerly police chief of Pasig City, Gapas vowed to &quot;make some changes&quot; to the province, citing the need to beef up their strategy in addressing the insurgency problem in the province.Negros Oriental Governor Roel Degamo, who attended the turnover rites, wants the new director to also focus on illegal gambling and drugs. &quot;It is the job of the PNP to go hard on criminality,&quot; Gapas responded.Gapas has big shoes to fill especially since his predecessor Police Col. Raul Tacaca was <a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/07/31/19/negros-oriental-police-chief-relieved-following-killings">relieved </a>following a series of killings in the province last July. The incidents remain unsolved until today.<ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/spotlight/07/30/19/spate-of-slays-what-is-happening-in-negros-oriental">Spate of slays: What is happening in Negros Oriental?</a></li></ul>

Police Colonel Rizalito Gapas was formally installed Wednesday as the new director of the Negros Oriental Provincial Police Office.

Police Colonel Rizalito Gapas was formally installed Wednesday as the new director of the Negros Oriental Provincial Police Office.

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Amid unresolved slays, new Negros Oriental police director named

Amid unresolved slays, new Negros Oriental police director named

Annie Perez,

ABS-CBN News

Published Aug 14, 2019 06:56 PM PHT

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