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Philippine National Police (PNP) Chief Director Gen.
Avelino Razon Jr. dismissed 52 police personnel from the service for
various offenses committed during the past four months.
At the same time, 313 other
policemen were given disciplinary sanctions for administrative
offenses and involvement in irregularities.
“While the PNP is quick
and grateful in giving due recognition to outstanding personnel for
good performance, the PNP is also swift and decisive in addressing
issues on discipline by some erring members of the force,” Razon
said in a statement.
Based on data from the Task Force
Patnubay of the PNP Directorate for Personnel and Records
Management, the 52 dismissed personnel were involved in cases
ranging from grave misconduct, serious irregularities and
involvement criminal activities. Those dismissed were a commissioned
officer, 50 non-commissioned officers and a non-uniformed personnel.
The task force keeps track of all
administrative and criminal cases involving police personnel.
Aside from those dismissed,
the national police also imposed sanctions against 313 personnel who
were penalized with demotion in rank, suspension, forfeiture of
salary, reprimand, forced resignation and restriction to quarters.
From January to April this year,
there were also 55 police personnel who were dropped from rolls,
mostly for going on absence without official leave or AWOL.
The records also showed that the
365 personnel given disciplinary punishment were among 881
personnel, who were investigated and charged in 589 cases handled by
the different summary hearing boards over the past four months.
At present, there are still 3,127
pending administrative cases awaiting resolution in the summary
hearing boards, mostly carry-over cases from the previous years.
The national police
spokesman, Chief Supt. Nicanor Bartolome, said all benefits of the
dismissed personnel have been forfeited.
--Maricel V. Cruz
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