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Wednesday, May 11, 2005
Patrol cop faces CIIB probe
A PATROL officer is facing an inquiry before the Criminal Investigation and Intelligence Bureau (CIIB) for allegedly leaving his post at the Crossroads in Banilad last weekend.
Cebu City Mayor Tomas Osmeña yesterday said he will not reconsider in his decision to strip Mobile Patrol Group (MPG) policemen of their monthly incentives for failing to secure the entertainment complex.
“I am responsible for the peace and order here. I’m not going to play politics with policemen. If they can’t understand English, they better go back to school,” the mayor said during a press conference.
Osmeña was at the Crossroads last weekend and blew his top when he did not see any policeman there. The mayor earlier asked for a police team to secure the area especially on weekends and holidays since brawls occur often in the bars there.
Supt. Melvin Gayotin, acting chief of the Cebu City Police Office, ordered CIIB Chief Pablo Labra II to investigate SP04 Elmer Dacalos for possible administrative liability. Dacalos was assigned to man MPG’s post at the Crossroads.
In a letter submitted yesterday, Dacalos said the patrol car detailed at the Crossroads was pulled out twice to respond to two alarms last Saturday and Sunday.
The first alarm, reported at 11:54 p.m. Saturday, was about a shooting incident in Barangay Mabolo.
More than an hour later, the patrol car was again ordered to go back to the same place to respond to a theft alarm.
But the mayor was incredulous, saying he was at the Crossroads from 8 p.m. last Saturday to 3 a.m. the next day and saw no policemen.
“I don’t know how many alarms they responded to,” he said.
He said the policemen should ask for a refund from Supt. Herman Lungayan, MPG chief, for failing to follow his instructions.
Lungayan earlier said they would appeal for Osmeña to reconsider, or at least punish only those supposed to man MPG’s post last weekend.
Cebu City allocates a P1,000 monthly incentive to each Cebu City policeman and jail officer.
The City, however, would sometimes withdraw the incentive if policemen commit offenses.
Bagong Buhay Rehabilitation Center jail officers’ incentives were also taken back last year because of continuing corruption, presence of illegal drugs and special treatment in the facility. (JST/RHM)
(May 11, 2005 issue)
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