New PRO1 Director assumes post

CAMP FLORENDO, La Union — “I want police visibility in every corner of the streets to maintain the peace and order in our region.”

This is the first standing order of the new PNP region 1 director Chief Superintendent Ericson Velasquez.

He assumed the post of regional director of the Police Regional Office (PRO1), vacated by Chief Supt. Benjamin Hulipas.

Velasquez was the former executive officer of the Directorate for Investigation and Detective Management at Camp Crame. (tsg)