The two policemen who were earlier relieved for being bullies will be shipped for moral and spiritual recovery program at the training center of the Philippine National Police (PNP) in Zambales.
Maj. Gen. Guillermo Eleazar, director of the National Capital Region Police Office (NCRPO), said the training program is essential for the two erring cops in order to reorient them on the real concept of public service.
“We are all public servants. In the case of policemen, we all know that the moment we took our oath, we are bound to proper conduct and good behavior,” said Eleazar.
On Sunday, Eleazar sacked Police Master Sergeant Arnulfo Ardales for verbally abusing and threatening a call center agent who cut the line in an eatery in San Juan.
On Monday, he also relieved Police Staff Sergeant Nicolas Lapie Jr. of Marikina Police for beating up an eight-year old boy in Pasig City.
“Obviously, these policemen need moral and spiritual recovery so that they would fully understand how they should behave, how professional they should be at all times,” said Eleazar.
But he was quick to clarify that subjecting the two cops to retraining does not mean that they are already absolved from criminal and administrative liabilities that may come up at the course of the investigation he had ordered.
The two Metro Manila cops are currently under restrictive custody at the NCRPO headquarters at Camp Bagong Diwa in Taguig City.
Asked when the two cops would be transported to Subic for retraining, Eleazar said the PNP leadership are currently consolidating the policemen who have been recently slapped with administrative cases.
The first batch of those subjected to retraining have already graduated recently.
More than 2,000 Metro Manila policemen were meted with various sanctions for various offenses since the second half of 2016, more than 700 of them were already dismissed from the service. (Aaron Recuenco)
