THE Zamboanga Del Sur Police Provincial Office (ZPPO) recently conducted the 12th Leg Transformation Caravan participated by staff officers, respective police chiefs in the province and their personnel, members of the Pagadian City Hikers Joggers Association Inc., and the PNP Retirees Association of Zambosur.
Police Provincial Director S/Supt. Ramon Ochotorena presently heads the ZPPO.
The 12th Leg of the PNP Transformation Caravan is hosted by PNP Region 9 after which will pass on to PNP Region 10 with the “Transformation Torch.”
This torch symbolizes the changes undertaken by the present PNP administration in an effort to transform the organization into a capable, effective and credible law enforcer, Ochotorena said.
“The torch of the PNP symbolizes the continuity of the PNP transformation Program which aims to resolve organizational dysfunctions and improve the quality of police services; to strengthen law enforcement capabilities; and to enhance the welfare and benefits of our personnel and dependents,” a ZPPO press statement emailed to this paper said.
“Likewise, it also promotes the culture of reform in the PNP personnel and stakeholders through advocacy programs and development updates of the Integrated Transformation Program (ITP),” the press statement continued.
The caravan started with the torch run at the Balintawak junction going to the city proper and culminated inside Camp Abelon, followed by an integrated transformation briefing at the ZPPO conference room.
There, Ochotorena turned over the transformation torch to all chiefs of police, represented by P/Supt. Ranulfo Sinajon of PNP Molave.
The PNP Transformation Torch run covers 17 regions around the country and 20 National Support Units and was conceptualized by Police Chief Jesus Verzosa, who said that he will make effective leadership “a way of living in the PNP.”
The PNP aims that by 2015, it will no longer have reasons for not making any part of this country a more peaceful, orderly, and safe place to work, invest, and do business.