CPNP Eleazar pins medal

of valor to police officers

TAGBILARAN CITY, Bohol July 14 (PIA) – Philippine National Police (PNP) chief, General Guillermo Lorenzo Eleazar, in his recent visit to Bohol, July 12, pinned the police Medal of Valor to two Boholano police officers who a made the police force proud for their significant accomplishments.

The PNP Medal of Valor is the police’s highest honor awarded for "a deed of personal bravery and self-sacrifice above and beyond the call of duty, so famed as to distinguish himself clearly above his comrades in the performance of more than ordinary hazardous service.

The two Medalya ng Kagitingan Awardees were Police Major John Kareem Escober and Police Lieutenant Jose Leander Velasquez.

PMAj Escober served the courts issued search warrant for illegal firearms for Alfie Sarsale, of Rizal Batuan. April 30, 2020.

Sarsale, allegedly a strong supporter of the communist terrorist group, has been complained of the habit of brandishing his .45 caliber pistol to threaten his neighbors.

During the service of the search warrant, government authorities also found the subject fire-arm, live ammunition and airgun in his parent’s house where the warrant was set.

According to peasantmovementph.com, of the Kipusang Magbubukid ng Pilipinas, Sarsale was falsely accused of murder and attempted murder charges and implicated in the death of PFC Gerald Villanueva during an armed encounter on February 29, 2020, between troops of the 47th Infantry Battalion, Philippine Army, and the NPA in Brgy. Cambigsi, Bilar town in Bohol.

Sarsale is now in police custody.

On the other hand, Police Lieutenant Jose Leander Velasquez led the team in the dangerous buy-bust and arrest of a female big-time drug dealer after she was caught in possession over half a million pesos of shabu in an anti-drug operation in Cortes town.

Lt. Velasquez, who graduated top 8 from his PNPA nabbed Maricel Aparre, a native of Inabanga, and a plea bargaining agreement beneficiary when she was first caught.

Police operatives also found in Aparre’s possession some 105 grams of shabu which were estimated to be worth well over P700,000.

To the commended officers, Gen Eleazar said their action shows the new face of the PNP and not of the few who besmirch the image of the organization.

Flying in to Bohol for the first time and with barely four months to go before his retirement, the acknowledged PNP Chief picks Intensified Cleanliness Policy as his administration’s battle cry, also inspected Dauis Municipal Police Station and was impressed by the cleanliness of the said office.

It was clean inside and out, even Dauis mayor Marietta Sumaylo said, noting that the CPNP even inspected the potted plants inside the station if these are artificial.

“If this is the standard for police stations in Bohol, then we can say “very good for Bohol police stations,” Gen Eleazar announced during his short visit.

Cleanliness in the offices spills into the ranks of the PNP and then into the community, he summed up his policy.

With cleanliness as the foundation of his administration’s police transformation, he also asked officers to address the small problems so they do not grow into bigger problems.

Gen Eleazar also rallied the police to push the programs for illegal drugs, insurgency, criminality and terrorism.

The PNP chief also turned over assault rifles for the Bohol police, swore in advocacy supporters groups and force multipliers and handed out aids through Barangayanihan. (rahc/PIA-7/Bohol)

RECOGNIZING THE USHERS. PGen Guillermo Lorenzo Eleazar (middle) pose with the days ushers after his events at the Bohol Provincial Police Office Camp Francisco Dagohoy when the chief PNP first visited Bohol. (rahch/PIA-7/Bohol)

INTENSIFIED CLEANLINESS POLICY. For Chief PNP Guillermo Eleazar, the police transformation could start at the offices. Clean Offices spill into the discipline of men in the ranks, which could also move communities to clean up for themselves. (rahc/PIA-7/Bohol)