By JONG CADION
PAGADIAN CITY (Oct. 8, 2018) - Over the past 19
months of crusade against rogue cops and institutionalizing internal cleansing
program of the Philippine National Police, the Counter-Intelligence Task Force
(CITF) arrested 91 police personnel and neutralized 7 personnel in 50 separate
counter-intelligence operations.
CITF
Commander, PSSupt Romeo M Caramat Jr said the Task Force received a total of
13,481 SMS and calls complaints through its hotline numbers including 1,718
complaints concerning 450 Police Commissioned Officers (PCOs) and 1,454 Police
Non-Commissioned Officers (PNCOs) from February 3, 2017 to September 27, 2018.
In
addition, CITF investigations led to the filing of administrative cases before
the Internal Affairs Service (IAS) against 66 police personnel, and criminal
charges in court against 85 other errant police personnel including 21
civilians.
Caramat
said 173 complaints and information received by this Task Force were
subsequently referred to concerned office of Deputy Regional Director for
Operations.
Of
the 13,481 complaints and information received since February 3, 2017, 36
complaints involving 75 PNP personnel and civilians were referred for scrupulous
investigation and other 137 cases involving 180 PNP personnel and civilians
were referred to respective PNP units for proper validation.
CITF
added there are also 152 walk-in complainants against 203 PNP personnel and
other involved civilians.
Meanwhile,
PNP Chief, Director General Oscar Albayalde said the PNP Internal Cleansing
Program will be relentless to those personnel who put the organization to shame
as the stern program will not spare anyone.
“We
will also be resolute in our strong desire to achieve an organizational culture
where professionalism and integrity pervade and endure at all times. And our
internal cleansing program will not spare anyone.” Albayalde said.
The
relentless effort of the PNP thrust on internal reform program has led to the
dismissal of 2,169 police personnel, and 4,133 others were suspended for
various infractions and violation of PNP rules. In addition, another 368 were
also dismissed for drug-related offenses.
CITF
calls on public support to report abuse, irregularities and anomalies involving
PNP personnel through its 24/7 Text and Call hotlines: 0998-970-2286 and
09995-795-2569 and thru ‘Counter Intelligence Task Force’ (@PNPCITF) on
Facebook Messenger. (With PR from PRO 9 PIO)
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