The PNP in its statement said, it has taken an aggressive stance in handling and investigating police personnel who were slapped with administrative charges.
The PNP has vowed to fight against corruption within the PNP through its massive Internal Cleansing Program.
Apart from the dismissal from Service, several penalties were imposed to police personnel who were charged for less serious offenses.
Data showed that from July 2016 up to March 2022, 1,129 were demoted, 10,490 suspended, 848 faced forfeiture of salary, 2,475 reprimanded, 208 were restricted, and privileges were withheld for 286 personnel.
Out of the 5,599 dismissed cops, 714 of them are involved in illegal drug related cases.
These numbers of penalized personnel reflect the PNP’s commitment to cleanse its ranks in order to carry out their mandate in protecting the community.
Working hand in hand with the PNP Internal Affairs Service (IAS) is the PNP Integrity Monitoring and Enforcement Group (PNP-IMEG).
The PNP said IMEG’s functions include receiving complaints and information against erring personnel and conducting relevant information gathering activities, detect and conduct intelligence build-up on the involvement of PNP personnel in illegal activities.
Its functions also include acts of graft and corruption and other crimes for the conduct of prompt counter measures; and initiate law enforcement operations against rogue PNP personnel.
Currently, the Department of Justice through the National Bureau of Investigation, is carrying out its independent investigation on cases of anti-drug operations and the PNP has given its full cooperation in the investigation.
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