Police reform program launched

MANILA, Philippines — The Philippine National Police chief, Gen. Oscar Albayalde, kicked off on Tuesday the 30-day reform program for police officers.

The program, called Form Police, is a “more effective retraining program to correct misdemeanors and other less prohibited acts committed by errant police personnel,” Albayalde said at a press briefing.

It is not a punishment, but a “restorative approach at internal cleansing through a continuing retraining program,” starting from the 5,582 police officers with resolved administrative cases since July 2016 until June 20, 2019,” the PNP chief said.

Covered are police personnel with administrative cases not punishable with dismissal, “whose cases may still be corrected,” he added.