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Friday, August 12, 2005
VM questions transfer of 7 Talisay policemen
Seven Talisay City policemen were ordered transferred to the Siquijor and Cebu Provincial Police Offices (CPPO) in connection with the alleged illegal release of a drug suspect’s wife.
Majority of the policemen were surprised by the reassignment, saying they have not been charged with a formal complaint either at CPPO or the Police Regional Office (PRO) 7.
Ordered transferred to the Siquijor Provincial Police Office (SPPO) were SPO4 Reynaldo Vitualla, SPO1 Archimedes Judilla and PO3 Ramil Navarro.
The three were dismayed upon hearing of their transfer to Siquijor, Region 7’s smallest province, as it has been viewed in the force as a “dumping ground” for erring cops.
A separate relief order also transferred SPO3 Ederick dela Cruz, PO3 Remberto Empeynado, PO3 Alexis Racaza and PO1 Marciano Parayday to CPPO’s security service group.
Vice Mayor Aberdovey Belleza, City Council peace and order committee chairman, cried foul over the relief of the seven policemen, citing the PNP’s lack of coordination with City Hall.
He cited a National Police Commission memorandum circular that provides for the participation of local chief executives in the administration of the PNP.
Belleza stressed the importance of better coordination with the PNP, because Talisay City has been extending logistical and financial assistance to the Talisay Police Station.
Among others, the City Hall has been providing patrol vehicles, gasoline allocation as well as P1,000 in monthly incentives to the policemen, he said.
“As a matter of courtesy and respect, they should have informed us. Is this the kind of procedure the PNP is following?” the vice mayor asked.
Belleza plans to send a formal letter either to the PNP hierarchy or the Department of Interior and Local Government, questioning the relief order.
Belleza believes the transfer of the seven policemen could have something to do with the buy-bust operation against a drug suspect in Barangay San Isidro.
The drug suspect reportedly managed to flee during the buy-bust, forcing the policemen to take into their custody the suspect’s wife.
The move was reportedly part of the policemen’s effort to force the husband to show up or surrender to the PNP.
However, the suspect never showed up, prompting the police to release his wife.
But one of the affected policemen said the relief order really surprised them because no administrative complaint relative to the case was filed against them at CPPO or PRO 7, as due process requires. (GC)
(August 12, 2005 issue)
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