71 cops assigned in Camp Crame dismissed from service for admin cases

MANILA, Philippines — Seventy-one police personnel assigned at the Philippine National Police (PNP) headquarters in Camp Crame have been dismissed from service after being linked to various administrative cases, the PNP-Internal Affairs Service (IAS) said on Tuesday.

In a memorandum, PNP-IAS said five police officers were demoted while 13 others were suspended from February 3, 2017 to August 31, 2019 also for administrative cases.

Meanwhile, 199 administrative cases filed against PNP personnel remain pending with the PNP-IAS.

In a viber message, PNP spokesman Bernard Banac said the PNP’s Integrity Monitoring and Enforcement Group has already started its probe of the pending administrative cases.

PNP chief Gen. Oscar Albayalde said they are strengthening their counter-intelligence efforts against police officers facing administrative cases in line with the internal cleansing effort of the PNP.

“This is the very reason why we have to intensify our counter-intelligence efforts against these rogue cops because we are sincere in our campaign in ridding the PNP organization of scalawags,” Albayalde said in a press conference in Camp Crame.  /muf