To help improve police operations in the province, the Bohol Police Provincial Office (BPPO) on April 10 organized its first Provincial Advisory Council (PAC), a multi-sectoral group who will help identify key priorities and strategic issues faced by the men and women in uniform. Police Senior Superintendent Dennis Palo Agustin has said he hopes the Council would actively provide the police their knowledge and insights which would lead to the enhancement of police programs aimed at maintaining the peace and order situation in Bohol. PAC is an offshoot of the PNP Regional Advisory Council, which was created by the Regional Police Headquarters, in compliance with the mandate of the national PNP office. Elected chairman of PAC is Mike Ortega Ligalig, editor in chief of Bohol Sunday Post and president of Bohol Police Press Corps. Vice-chairman is Atty. Bernie Calibo, retired regional NAPOLCOM director. Former City Councilor Anne Mariquit "Kit" Derikito-Oppus, who is also wife of General Louie Oppus, will serve in the Council's secretariat.

The members of the advisory council are former governor and bar topnotcher Atty. Victor Dela Serna, former Provincial Administrator Atty. Antonio Amora Jr.; former college dean and professor Ardy Ines Araneta; Bohol Chamber of Commerce and Industry president Atty. Mans Tumanda; Regional Comelec Official Atty. Veronico Petalcorin; Engr. Arnold Labunog, proprietor of Jojie's Bakeshop and Painitang Bol-anon; former National Irrigation Administration official Engr. Nilo Sarigumba; business consultant and analyst Donald Sevilla; retired Police Chief Boy Pilayre; and Pastor Rufino Fudalan, of the Philippine Evangelical Mission. Police Superintendent Lorenzo Batuan, head of the BPPO operations branch, revealed that the oath-taking of the newly elected members of the advisory council is set on April 21, 2014, 4 PM, at the Bohol Tropics Resort. Bohol SWAT head Police Senior Inspector Roland Desiree Lavisto said that the BPPO is now ready to present before the Council its first PNP Dashboard, a compendium of police's programs and operations. Meanwhile, Police Superintendent Joie Pacito Yape Jr., head of the police community relations and police information officer at BPPO, has called on the Boholano community to help the police implement their programs toward the promotion of peace, justice and security in the province of Bohol.