Eastern Police District (EPD) Director Col. Wilson C. Asueta assured the public that he will not "condone nor disregard personnel involved in illegal activities" under his leadership, after an EPD patrolman was arrested for cable wire theft in Quezon City on Tuesday, Aug. 30.
“We do not tolerate a
CAMP DANGWA, Benguet Sixty-three police officers assigned to the Police Regional Office-Cordillera and 10 non-uniformed personnel (NUP) were removed from service as part of the ongoing internal cleansing program of the Philippine National Police.
Acting PNP chief Lt. Gen. Vicente Danao Jr. rece
BAGUIO CITY - To rid its ranks of erring members, the Philippine National Police (PNP) has dismissed 63 police officers assigned in the Cordillera Administrative Region (CAR) between 2016 and 2021. Capt. Marnie Abellanida, Police Regional Office-Cordillera (PROCor) information officer, in a phone interview on Tuesday said those dismissed had different ranks whose offenses ranged from frequent unauthorized absences to grave misconduct. He said one of the dismissed was a police captain while the rest were non-commissioned police officers with the ranks of police executive master sergeant and the lowest rank of patrolman. The PNP is directly under the supervision of the National Police Commission (Napolcom) and the Department of the Interior and Local Government. Abellanida said aside from the policemen, 10 civilian employees or non-uniformed policemen (NUP) in the PNP have been dismissed from service. He said they are part of the 5,652 personnel of the PNP who were dismissed from service