Over 950 policemen dismissed from service from January to August – PNP

More than 950 police personnel had been dismissed from the service from January to August this yr after being discovered responsible for varied offenses, based on the Philippine National Police.

“From January hanggang August 30 ay mahigit 4,000 na po ang mga naresolba po nating kaso involving ang ating mga police personnel. Mga 950 plus po diyan na-dismiss na po natin sa serbisyo. Ito ay nagpapatunay na sineseryoso po natin ‘yung pagdidisiplina at paglilinis po ng ating hanay,” stated PNP spokesperson Police Colonel Jean Fajardo within the newest “The Mangahas Interviews” episode.

She stated the PNP doesn’t tolerate abusive habits of its members and that they’ve been clear in instances involving police misconduct, such because the killing of Jemboy Baltazar and the Quezon City highway rage incident involving dismissed police officer Wilfredo Gonzales.

“Kami sa Philippine National Police ang unang aamin po na may lapses at malaking pagkukulang po ‘yung mga pulis na na-involve dito sa kaso ni Jemboy Baltazar diyan po sa Navotas at doon po sa Rizal. ‘Yung road rage involving ang isang ex-police officer. Lahat po ito ay seryosong pinag-aaralan at seryosong ina-address ng PNP. ‘Yung mga pulis po diyan na na-involve ay nasampahan na ng kaso,” Fajardo stated.

“Ang gusto lang po naming sabihin ay seryoso po naming hinaharap at pinag-aaralan kung paano pa po natin mai-improve at maa-address itong mga insidente involving our police officers,” she added.

“Mayroon po tayong nakukulong na mga pulis. At recently ‘yung mga previous cases ay nabalita naman po ‘yan na may mga pulis tayong na-convict at eventually nakulong.”

Last year, more than 2,600 errant cops received penalties including dismissal from the service.

Excess positions

Meanwhile, in response to reports that the PNP spends billions of pesos annually on thousands of excess positions, Fajardo cited the organization’s “manning necessities.”

”Mayroon po tayong yearly recruitment quota. So tumataas po talaga ang power natin. Ilan po ang inhabitants ng Pilipinas ngayon? Bumalik po tayo doon sa na-create ang PNP beneath Republic Act 6975. Ang police to inhabitants ratio natin throughout that point ay 1 is to three,000 mahigit,” she stated.

”Habang tumataas po ‘yung inhabitants ng ating bansa ay kailangan rin po nating humabol ng recruitment. Tumaas din po ‘yung manning necessities ng PNP,” she added. 

Fajardo stated the necessity for extra personnel underwent a radical course of.

”Itong mga emptiness na ito ay mafi-fill up as soon as ma-comply na po natin ang manning necessities. We need to guarantee everybody po na lahat pong ito ay dokumentado at hindi lang po ito isang gabi na pinag-isipan ng PNP. Lahat po ng mga extra personnel, extra place, lahat po ‘yan ay dumaan sa proseso, inaprubahan po ‘yan ng NAPOLCOM (National Police Commission),” she stated.  —VBL, GMA Integrated News