PCAPT. JESSIE JARQUE SILVA, JR…Pride of Philippine National Police (PNP) in President Quirino, Sultan Kudarat
By Apolinario Villalobos

Not only one, two or three, but many sent me fillers to feature a “police in President Quirino” who does his job with courage and seriousness. President Quirino is the boundary town of the province of Sultan Kudarat, beyond which is historic Buluan, the western frontier of Maguindanao. Before th covid crisis, when friends at the public market of the town knew that I feature remarkable people on facebook, they asked me, “sir, i-feature mo rin yong tsip namin dito”. They saw how their Chief of Police, CAPTAIN JESSIE JARQUE SILVA, JR. work….and work he does with courage and seriousness…”trabaho lang, sir, hindi ako matapang”, that is what Capt. Silva told me.

His exploits include personally seeing to it that rules are followed and he gets pissed off if some would intentionally break them, as it is unfair for those who are disciplined; he tries his best in reaching out to constituents who live in unlikely corners of the far-off barangays to show them his concern; he is an advocate of easy-to-do physical exercise which is simple dancing to limber up muscles…his video dancing with the students of President Quirino National High School caught the attention of thousands of internet viewers...he became the “budot king in uniform of Mindanao”.

Capt. Silva graduated from the Philippine National Police Academy (PNPA) in 2013, after which he joined the Regional Mobile Force Battalion 12, in Isulan, Sultan Kudarat, and where he rose as its Commander. In 2019, before the elections, he was detailed at President Quirino, Sultan Kudarat as the new Commanding Officer of the town’s PNP contingent.

His drive in carrying out his task that strongly manifested during his RMFB days did not falter as Commanding Officer of his colleagues at President Quirino. For convenient mobility, he drove around on his motorcycle – checking his colleagues at their assigned posts around the town. At times, he could be seen around the public market making rounds and talking to vendors….among other things, these are what his admirers told me.

Capt. Silva has an easy smile that could put those he meet, at ease….as if telling them, “don’t fear the police, we are here to help”