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BY MAE SINGUAY
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Tuesday, January 31, 2017
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City Administrator John Orola (left) and Senior Superintendent Jack Wanky, officer-in-charge of the Bacolod City Police Office, speak to the press in a news conference on Monday, Jan. 30 at the Bacolod City Government Center. ARCHIE REY ALIPALO/PN
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BACOLOD City – The Bacolod City Police Office (BCPO) must have police dogs, according to City Administrator John Orola.
Orola noticed the police’s lack of K9 — a homophone for a canine trained to locate bombs, among other contraband items — when a bomb threat rattled the VMA Global College yesterday.
The BCPO found out the threat was a hoax.
The threat came in the form of a text message to High School Department principal Arsenia Juanero from mobile phone number 09166679681.
Orola, one of the owners of the private school, learned about it from Juanero.
According to the text message, bombs will detonate at the Yamada Building in the Barangay Sum-ag campus and at the Training Center in Barangay Pahanocoy.
The BCPO dispatched a Bomb Disposal Team, with two K9 dogs from the Philippine Coast Guard and another one owned by Orola, only to discover the threat was not real.
Orola said they tried to call the cell phone number, but it was unattended.
Senior Superintendent Jack Wanky, BCPO head, said they always borrow K9 dogs from the Coast Guard during response to bomb threats.
Wanky said the BCPO can acquire a police dog but may ask help from the city government.
A K9 dog costs around P1.5 million, he said. Taking care of it is expensive, too, especially its food, he added.
Orola said the city government may provide for the K9 as long as the Commission on Audit allows the purchase.
Meanwhile all classes at the VMA in Sum-ag were suspended yesterday because of the bomb threat. Police checked all classrooms and offices.
Orola suspected that one of the students spread the hoax. He said this is common, especially during examination periods.
Wanky warned against making bomb jokes or hoaxes. Under Presidential Decree 1727, such act is punishable with P40,000 fine or a five-year imprisonment or both, he said./PN
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