MANILA — Philippine National Police (PNP) chief Maj. Gen. Benjamin Acorda Jr. on Friday urged police officers, even the lowest ranking ones, to document and report the irregular activities of their superiors.
Acorda, who previously headed the PNP Directorate for Intelligence, told the junior officers to use “counter-intelligence” to keep their ranks clean.
“Kailangan ng pagkakaisa, even the lowest, kahit yung mga juniors na mga PNP officers. Yung mga tinuruan natin sa [Institute Training Group], mga [Police Non-Commissioned Officers], sabi ko, ‘let us use, yung counter-intelligence work’, so yung ating kapulisan, kung may ginagawang katiwalian yung ating superiors o head officers, please, let us document that,” he said in an interview on ABS-CBN’s Sakto.
In the same interview, he urged the public to do the same and report it directly to him.
“Huwag pong matakot, magsumbong po tayo sa ating kapulisan. Send the letters to me, and I will have these validated,” said the PNP chief.
Acorda added that should continuous documentation show misbehavior among police personnel, the PNP will take notice and act on it. (Jean Mangaluz © Philippine Daily Inquirer)
