Mayor Mauricio G. Domogan expressed the gratitude and best wishes of the people and officialdom of Baguio City to outgoing regional director Chief Superintendent Rolando Z. Nana of the Police Regional Office (PRO) in the Cordillera during the simple tribute to the police official done in the Baguio City Police Office (BCPO) grounds Wednesday morning.
Domogan, chair both the Regional Development Council (RDC-CAR) and the Regional Peace and Order Council (RPOC-CAR), said that Nana’s 10 months and 14 days service to the people of Baguio City and the Cordillera was described to be extraordinary and full of integrity and he deserves the appropriate recognition before he hangs his police uniform.
“We are proud of the unwavering, unrelenting and uncompromising service provided by our honouree because Baguio City and the Cordillera achieved the decent peace and order situation now being enjoyed by our people,” Domogan stressed.
He asserted that peace and order is the concern of everyone and one of the primary considerations in planning the implementation of programs, projects and activities beneficial to the general welfare of the populace.
Nana was appointed to the post of regional director of the PRO-COR on June 4, 2018 and reached the age of mandatory retirement last March 15, 2019.
Domogan pointed out Nana worked extra hard in improving the peace and order situation in the region because he understood the culture and traditions of the people from the different parts of the Cordillera.
For his part, Nana expressed his gratitude to the region’s police force for their continuous dedicated service that allowed the region to be one of the most peaceful regions in the country to date.
He reminisced his younger years in the city having to walk from the military quarters in Camp Allen to his school along Naguilian Road where he would search for coins and paper bills that may have been dropped by people for him to be able to buy snacks for himself.
Aside from having to walk to school daily, Nana also remembered their daily routine of waiting for big trucks delivering goods to the public market that park along Kayang St. and they had to wait for turnips to fall which they will then race to get just to sustain their cravings for it.
The police official claimed that he was grateful being assigned to the PRO-COR as this made him lead one of the country’s disciplined police personnel making it easier for the men and women in uniform to achieve a significant reduction in the crime volume regionwide.
He said that he will just be an ordinary civilian willing to extend assistance to local officials and local governments wanting advise on how to enhance their peace and order programs in their areas of jurisdiction.
By Dexter A. See
Banner photo by Bong Cayabyab
