Region 7 PNP exec tapped to head Crame’s Crime Research Analysis Center

Senior Supt. Rey Lyndon Lawas (left) and Senior Supt. Dennis Agustin (CONTRIBUTED PHOTOS)

CEBU CITY — Senior Supt. Rey Lyndon Lawas, the deputy director for operations of the Police Regional Office in Central Visayas, has been tapped by Philippine National Police Chief Ronald Dela Rosa for an important post in Camp Crame.

Director General Dela Rosa appointed Lawas as a member of the Directorate for Investigation and Detective Management and chief of the Crime Research Analysis Center.  The order was effective March 16.

Senior Supt. Dennis Agustin, chief of the directorial staff of the PRO-7, assumed the post of deputy director for operations, the second top position in the regional police

Chief Supt. Noli Taliño, director of PRO-7, said Lawas, being the ground commander for the holding of the Association Southeast Asian Nations Summit in Cebu, would remain in the province until the completion of the ASEAN Summit in Cebu City from April 4 to 7.

“Whatever directive from the top, I will obey,” Lawas said.

Before he was appointed deputy director of PRO-7, Lawas served as chief of the Lapu-lapu Police Station, head of the Regional Intelligence Division, and chief of the directorial staff of the PRO-7.  SFM