Gov. Alfredo Marañon Jr. yesterday said a total reorganization of Negros Occidental provincial government personnel will be undertaken in the next three months.

Marañon said the decision to undertake a total reorganization was recommended by the department heads of the provincial government at a team-building and strategic planning workshop at Nabulao Bay Beach Resort in Hinobaan town during the weekend.

A study of individual posts will be conducted to determine their relevance, after which if the reorganization is approved by the Sangguniang Panlalawigan, all positions will be declared vacant so the governor can assign personnel where they are needed, Provincial Administrator Enrique Pinongan said.

Senior Supt. Ricardo dela Paz was designated officer-in-charge of the Bacolod City Police Office effective yesterday, Police Regional Office-6 Director, Chief Supt. Cepriano Querol, told the DAILY STAR.

Dela Paz will sit as OIC for a month while City Police Director, Senior Supt. Celestino Guara, is recuperating from a recent operation after an injury in a vehicular accident, Querol also said.

Bacolod Mayor Evelio Leonardia said he is accepting dela Paz as OIC  police director on a temporary basis.

ILOILO CITY – The performance rating of the Negros Occidental Police Provincial Office and the Bacolod City Police Office further dropped in the fourth quarter of 2010, compared to previous quarters last year, records of the Police Regional Office 6 yesterday showed.

From being first in the first quarter to second in the 2nd and 3rd quarters of 2010, respectively, the NOPPO rating further dropped to third, among the nine provincial and city police offices in Western Visayas, in the fourth quarter of 2010.

On the other hand, the BCPO ranked seventh in the fourth quarter of 2010, compared to its being fifth place in the 3rd quarter, second in the 2nd quarter and first in the 1st quarter last year, PRO6 records also showed.