GOVERNOR Arnold I. Palacios, in a memorandum on Jan. 12, 2023, designated Police Director Aniceto T. Ogumoro as acting commissioner of the Department of Public Safety.
On Dec. 16, 2022, former Gov. Ralph DLG Torres designated Bureau of Motor Vehicles Director Juana C. Leon Guerrero as acting DPS commissioner following the resignation of Robert Guerrero.
In his memo, Palacios also designated Emergency Management Operations Director Gerald J. Deleon Guerrero as acting special assistant for CNMI Homeland Security and Emergency Management.
Deleon Guerrero was also named to the same post by Torres on Dec. 27, 2022.
Dennis Mendiola, the special assistant for HSEM of the Torres administration, ran for Rota senator and won.
Also last week, Palacios appointed former Rep. Leila F. Staffler as acting Department of Labor secretary and Paul Tenorio as executive director of the Criminal Justice Planning Agency.
