More than 500 Metro Manila policemen were dismissed from the service while at least 800 more were punished since July last year as the National Capital Region Police Office (NCRPO) stepped up its internal cleansing against erring cops.
NCRPO director Maj. Gen. Jose Melencio Nartatez, Jr. said the policemen who were punished were slapped with various administrative charges, and those who were kicked out of the police service were facing serious offenses that warranted their dismissal.
Right now, Nartatez said he has already ordered to speed up the review of more than 4,000 documents pertaining to the administrative charges of other policemen slapped with administrative cases.
“There are more than 4,000 documents of administrative proceedings that remain pending, meaning there is no certificate of finality and therefore remain to be enforced,’ said Nartatez.
He said they are eyeing to resolve all those cases within two to three months.
The statement came amid the involvement of several policemen in various illegal activities, the recent was a police colonel who was arrested for carnapping in connection with a rented vehicle that was being sold in Parañaque City.
Nartatez said there is a need to focus on the reward and punishment in the NCRPO as part of the efforts to professionalize the organization.
“As commanders, we are responsible for the accomplishments and failures of a unit. We are responsible for what they do and what they fail to do,” said Nartatez.