Seventy-seven police officers in Negros Oriental were issued deputation orders by the Land Transportation Office in Region 7 to help in the enforcement of Republic Act No. 4136, or the Land Transportation Code of the Philippines.

PNP provincial director, Senior Supt. Rey Lyndon Lawas, received recently the deputation orders of the 77 police officers signed by LTO regional director Raul Aquilos.

He directed police stations all over the province to conduct as many checkpoints as they can, to deter the commission of crimes.

Lawas said he wanted to correct an impression that the authority to issue Temporary Operators Permits is being used by unscrupulous police officers to extract money from erring motorists, and that, it is prone to abuse.

He is expected to gather all the LTO deputies of the police to remind them of their responsibilities and his expectations for the successful enforcement of the special law.

Of the 23 police stations, only Bayawan City, Tanjay and Mabinay do not have deputizations from the LTO.*JG

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