By Martin Sadongdong
Philippine National Police (PNP) chief Director General Oscar Albayalde confirmed yesterday that a reshuffle within the ranks is coming soon.
He admitted that after several meetings and deliberations with the national oversight committee at the police headquarters in Camp Crame, ground commanders will be revamped.
“Kaninang umaga, we had an oversight committee meeting and we have decided, number one to warn ‘yung mga nakita natin na below par ‘yung kanilang performance at ‘yung mga sabihin nating hindi pa naka-align sa ating program thrusts,” Albayalde said in a media forum in Malate, Manila.
However, Albayalde did not drop the names of ground commanders who will be included in the reshuffle.
Talks of a reshuffle have been abuzz as early as late last week and it includes the station commanders of all the precincts in the country, its city directors, provincial directors up to the regional directors.
Since Albayalde assumed the top PNP post mid-April, he has consistently maintained that there is no need for a reshuffle especially if the commanders are doing their jobs well – until his pronouncements yesterday.
However, he stressed that not all police officers who will be included in the reshuffle are non-performers.
“’Yung iba naman ay talagang may magreretire na so kailangan ng kapalit at ‘yung iba ay talagang retirable na rin.
Ang iba two years na sa pwesto so kailangan i-assign na sa iba,” Albayalde explained. “This reshuffle is forthcoming,” he concluded.
