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BY TIFFANY ANNE TAN
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BACOLOD City – Police officers in Negros Island Region better be more “intelligent.”
That officers get engaged in the illegal drug trade while in service is a “failure in counterintelligence” — and somebody must be held to account, stressed Chief Superintendent Renato Gumban, regional police director.
A police station chief will be relieved if “one or two” of their subordinates is proven to be involved in the illicit trade, Gumban said.
“Kung ang hepe may at least isa or duha na tauhan involved sa drugs, i-relieve siya kasi failure siya sa counterintelligence,” he said.
City and provincial police directors will be held accountable, too.
“Sa provincial at city directors, kung may ma-relieve na dalawang chiefs of police, I will recommend for their relief [as well],” said Gumban.
He clarified that recommending the relief of city and provincial directors is all he can do, as only Camp Crame can officially sack them.
In light of his new policy, he started reviewing the records of all units under the Police Regional Office 18 on Thursday, Dec. 1.
Gumban announced this after the relief of 28 police officers in Negros Island Region over their alleged involvement in the drug trade in four weeks’ time.
Seven were relieved effective Oct. 26, another seven on Nov. 16 and 14 more on Nov. 28 as the Philippine National Police (PNP) cleanses its ranks in keeping with the state’s intensified crackdown on drugs.
Previously assigned in Negros Occidental and the regional headquarters, those sacked were reassigned to offices in Cordillera, Mindanao and Northern Luzon, and Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao.
Gumban said their names have consistently appeared during validation.
In a subtle warning to low-ranking police officers, he said top officials who just “come and go” in the PNP will “protect the organization by cleansing the ranks.”
Officers from the adjacent Negros Oriental linked to illegal drugs will follow, Gumban said without elaborating./PN
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