Bontoc council wants PNP chief retained

By Wabilyn Mana-od 

BONTOC – The Municipal Peace and Order Council  crafted a resolution strongly supporting Chief Insp. Dyann B. Bangcawayan to be retained as chief of police of this municipality.

Earlier, a letter from the municipal police station was received by the municipal mayor saying there was a pending order from the regional police office for the relief of Bangcawayan and that she will be assigned in the region.

This prompted mayor Pascual Sacgaca to call for an MPOC meeting to discuss issues concerning peace and order of the municipality which includes the issue against the Bangcawayan.

During the meeting, Sacgaca informed the body that on Sept. 3, he received a petition letter against Bangcawayan calling for her immediate relief as the chief of police.

Prior to the petition received by the mayor, he sent a letter to regional police director Chief Supt. Benjamin Magalong reiterating his stand against the petition.

The proponent of the petition was not identified but the mail originated from Baguio City without the signature of the sender per verification made with the local mail courier. 

The mayor said there was no reason to relieve Bangcawayan from her position and that she be retained as Bontoc police chief to continue her exemplary performance.

It was made known to the council that the reason for her relief could be obviously due to the persistent and constant sending of a lot of speculative and unfounded reports without any legal basis and were purely accusations to the regional office by some anonymous authors.

Meanwhile, it was also learned during the meeting that a resolution was directly submitted to the PNP regional office requesting Magalong to investigation  alleged misconduct committed by Bangcawayan.

The resolution was sent without the knowledge of the mayor.

The resolution was extracted from the minutes of the regular meeting of the Parish Pastoral Council.

Since there were no legal cases filed against Bangcawayan, reports being circulated were merely allegations, the council agreed.