(Photo courtesy of CIDG) MANILA - The Philippine National Police-Internal Affairs Service (PNP-IAS) has recommended the dismissal from the service of the eight police officers accused of robbing seven Chinese nationals and a Filipina in Angeles City, Pampanga last January. IAS director-general Alfegar Triambulo said he already submitted the recommendation to the Directorate for Personnel and Records Management on April 4 to dismiss the eight cops belonging to Criminal Investigation and Detection Group-Anti-Organized Crime Unit (CIDG-AOCU) The suspects were identified as Maj. Ferdinand Mendoza as their team leader together with Staff Sergeants Mark Anthony Iral and Sanny Ric Alicante; Corporals Richmond Francia, John Gervic Fajardo, and Kenneth Rheiner Ferrer Delfin; and Patrolmen Leonardo Veloso Mangales and Hermogines Rosario Jr., facing a case of robbery in band, extortion, and illegal detention, on top of the administrative charges for grave misconduct. In a report reaching Camp Cra
The Philippine National Police (PNP) has vowed to spare no one in its investigation of eight Camp Crame-based policemen who were arrested on Wednesday by their colleagues in Pampanga for allegedly robbing a Philippine Offshore Gaming Operations (POGO) in Angeles City. “There will be no sacred cows in this investigation…
“Inept, corrupt, undisciplined” this is ICU in the Philippine National Police. The director of the PNP-Criminal Investigation and Detection Group used the term to describe eight CIDG members who were arrested last Wednesday on charges of robbery in band, extortion and illegal detention in Angeles City, Pampanga.
Philippine National Police chief Gen. Dionardo Carlos has vowed to impose a one-strike policy on station commanders whose subordinates are arrested for illegal activities.