Cops: Philippines Edition - Whatcha Gonna Do When the Lights Go Out?

According to a news report in the Sun Star, the Cebu Provincial Police Office (CPPO) found itself in the dark for the second time in 30 days on Monday.  It appears that while these police are vigilant about fighting crime in the Philippines, they’re a little more lax when it comes to paying the electric bill.

On March 14, Visayan Electric Company cut power to the station because the CPPO hadn’t paid its power bill in 13 months.  Then on Monday, darkness descended once again on the region’s cop shop while the Senior Superintendent Patrocinio Comendador was away at a meeting, although “meeting” may be code for a Dunkin Bibingkang Pinipig Shop.  Superintendent Comendador noticed the lack of electrical outage not because his desk lamp wouldn’t turn on, but because it was humid.  (You see, the  adage is true: it’s not the darkness, it’s the humidity.)

Cebu Province, comprised of Cebu Island and more than 150 smaller islands, is among the most highly developed commercial areas in the Philippines.

It was rhetorical, btw.

According to Visayan Electric Company, the Filipino Five-0’s past due balance totals P386,342—or about $8,897.

Here’s the bottom line.  You’ve got to ask yourself one question.  And it’s not “Do I feel lucky?”  It’s why-oh-why would the police fail to pay their utility bill in a province that is chock-full of collection call center representatives?  Sheesh.