By Jennifer P. Rendon
A native of Aklan province will lead the province’s police force effective today, January 20, 2021.
Colonel Ramir Perlito Perlas will be officially installed as the new Director of the Aklan Police Provincial Office (APPO), succeeding Colonel Esmeralda Osia, Jr.
Perlas, who was born in Numancia town, Aklan, was the outgoing chief of the Regional Investigation and Detective Management Division (RIDMD) at the Police Regional Office – Caraga Administrative Region.
Before that, he was also the Provincial Director of Agusan del Norte.
Perlas, who now resides in Butuan City, is not new to Western Visayas.
In 1999, he was the Police Community Relations (PCR) officer of the new defunct Regional Mobile Group (now Regional Mobile Force Battalion).
He then held the post executive office of the Aklan PPO Mobile Group.
From September 2001 until April 2002, he was the Chief of the Molo Police Station in Iloilo City.
After that, he was designated as Iloilo City Police Office (ICPO) Operations Section Chief.
Meanwhile, Osia will be temporarily assigned to the Regional Personnel Holding and Accounting Unit (RPHAU) in Camp Delgado, Iloilo City.
He left Aklan PPO after one year and 8 months of service.
