MANILA, Philippines — The National Capital Region Police Office’s (NCRPO) Regional Internal Affairs Service (RIAS) will decide on whether to impose administrative sanctions against the police officer from Makati tagged in the incident involving a Spanish man in Dasmariñas Village.
Metro Manila police chief Major Gen. Debold Sinas said the RIAS is still conducting a probe to check if there are lapses in how Police Master Sergeant Roland Von Madrona handled the situation involving the foreigner identified as Javier Salvador Parra.
“Nung nakausap ko ang RIAS, they will do the investigation to check if there are infractions… How to improve more itong mga ganitong village (incidents),” Sinas said in an online press briefing on Tuesday.
(I talked with the RIAS, they will do an investigation to check if there are infractions.. How to improve on handling incidents in the village)
“It is the RIAS that will do the administrative sanctions,” he added.
On April 26, Sunday, Madrona was conducting Oplan Bandillo with a barangay official when they saw Parra’s housemaid watering plants without wearing a face mask. Madrona said he wanted to impose a fine against the housemaid, who then went inside the house to consult with his employer.
Video from police showed that initially Madrona was calmly explaining the violation to Parra, but the latter started cursing at the lawman.
Another video from Parra’s camp, however, showed Madrona subduing Parra on the ground in his attempt to arrest the foreigner.
Despite this, Sinas noted that subdivisions and gated condominiums have no excuse for immunity on quarantine protocols under the national government.
“Ang subdivisions and gated (condominiums) walang excuse for immunity. Lahat po sila pwede pasukin. Ang private subdivision (owners) pwede magbukas ng gate nila kapag may nangyari pwedeng pumasok kung may patrolya ang pulis,” Sinas said.
(Subdivisions and gated condominiums have no excuse for immunity. Police can enter their premises. Private subdivision owners can open their gates if something happens, police can enter there during patrolling.)
The latest criticisms of policemen enforcing lockdown measures at gated condominiums started when residents of Plaza Pacific Towers in Taguig City complained of lawmen barging into their residence to allegedly waive their guns and shout at them for supposedly converging at a pool, which is a common area.