SPO1 Adonis Dumpit will return to the Police Regional Office (PRO) 7 today, six years after staying in jail for allegedly killing a 17-year-old suspected robber.
The police officer said he will pay a courtesy call on Chief Supt. Patrocinio Comendador Jr., the PRO 7 director.
Afterwards, he will report to the Regional Personnel Holding and Accounting Unit (RPHAU) of PRO 7.
“Mo-report na ko...Pasalamat ko nga makatrabaho na kog balik sa PNP (Philippine National Police),” said Dumpit in an interview with Sun.Star Superbalita.
The officer’s other plan is to go to Davao Oriental tomorrow to visit his mother because they have not seen each other for the past eight years.
He said he is glad there are Cebuanos who showed support for him.
Dumpit said he would find another job if the administrative complaint against him in relation to the death of Ronron Go was not dismissed by the National Police Commission.
“Kon dili na ko dawaton sa pagka polis, mag driver na lang ko. Mosulod na lang ko pagka security guard siguro, basta naa lang koy income (If I will not be accepted as a police officer again, I will find work as a driver. Or I will apply to become a security guard, as long as there is an income),” he said.
Released
Dumpit was released from the Leyte Regional Penitentiary last Friday and arrived in Cebu on the same day.
The Court of Appeals 20th Division recently allowed Dumpit to post a P250,000 bail and ordered him to appear in court if he is summoned.
Dumpit went into hiding, after Regional Trial Court Branch 6 Judge Ester Veloso issued an arrest warrant against him on Jan. 8, 2010 for allegedly killing Go in 2004. The police officer surrendered on Feb. 1, 2010.
Veloso convicted Dumpit of homicide, instead of murder, in August 2014. He was sentenced to spend six to nine years and four months in jail.
Senior Supt. Renato Dugan, the Regional Personnel and Human Resources Development Division (RPHRDD) 7 chief, said Dumpit cannot go back right away to the service because he still has to go through a process.
One of the requirements is the approval from their superiors, Dugan said.
In an earlier interview, Comendador said Dumpit will undergo reorientation, which may take two to three weeks.
The police official said Dumpit will be introduced to the new developments in the police force, so the latter can “acclimatise” to the new system before he would be fielded to other assignments.
Dumpit need not to go undergo rigorous medical examination because he is not considered absent without filing an official leave.