 Barbers was a pious devotee of the Santo Niño, as evidenced by the various icons of the child Christ which adorned his office.He credited the Santo Niño for every success, including the criminal cases he had solved and all his electoral victories.Because of his devotion to the child Christ, and for being a law enforcer, Barbers came up with a Santo Niño image dressed in police uniform, which came to be known as the Sto.