CAMP VICENTE LIM, Laguna – Police Regional Office 4-A (Calabarzon or the Cavite, Laguna, Batangas, Rizal, and Quezon area) director Brig. Gen. Jose Melencio C. Nartatez Jr. backed the call of Interior and Local Government Secretary Benjamin Abalos Jr. for high-ranking officers of the Philippine National Police (PNP) to submit their courtesy resignation.
Nartatez said the PRO 4-A wholeheartedly supports this challenge to cleanse the ranks of the PNP.
"We all believe that with these undertaking, the PNP will assure the Filipino people that only law-abiding police officers will be chosen to remain in active service and continue to be vanguards of law and fight those who take advantage of their rank and power for the benefit of these drug syndicates," Nartatez said.
He said that despite the alleged involvement of some policemen in illegal drugs, the men and women of PRO 4-A believe that through their love for justice and dedication to their sworn duties, the Calabarzon region will remain strong in the fight against illegal drugs.