What cop jailed for killing thief must do to get job back

CEBU CITY, Philippines—Two days after he was released from detention, SPO1 Adonis Dumpit dropped by the Police Regional Office in Central Visayas (PRO-7) to process some documents before he could officially return to the police service.

Dumpit was convicted by the Regional Trial Court in Cebu City for killing a 17-year-old suspected robber.

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He met with Chief Supt. Patrocinio Comendador, PRO-7 director, past 8 a.m. on Monday and answered questions from reporters.

Comendador said Dumpit had to comply with several requirements first before he could be reinstated in the police service.

“He needs to get the clearances from all our staff and me. And then we will talk where we could possibly assign him,” Comendador told reporters.

He said Dumpit has to be oriented with the new directives and policies of the Philippine National Police before he will be deployed.

“Of course, he can help us a lot. It’s not that other policemen are not doing their job. But Dumpit gives them added encouragement,” Comendador said.

Dumpit said in interview he planned to visit his 83-year-old mother Liwayway in Davao Oriental.

“I am scared that I will not be accepted back in the police service. If that happened, I would apply as a driver in City Hall or go home in Davao and be a farmer,” he said.

Dumpit said his message to criminal was simple.

“They should earn an honest living like us. That’s it because we all return to the Lord because that’s where all of us are heading,” he said.

In the six years that he had been in prison, Dumpit said he developed a habit to pray the rosary daily.

Asked where he wanted to be assigned, Dumpit said, “I’ll obey (my superiors first) before I complain.”

Dumpit, former bodyguard of incoming Mayor Tomas Osmeña, was released on Saturday from the Leyte regional prison in Abuyog town, Leyte after the Court of Appeals allowed him to post P250,000 in bail pending resolution of his appeal because he had shown good behavior and had served his minimum prison term of six years. RAM