CEBU CITY – A policeman is facing administrative and criminal complaints for allegedly running amok inside a cockpit arena in Sogod town, Cebu province.
Police Corporal Leovic Coming Bracero, an operative of the Talisay City Police Station, was also accused of punching a fellow policeman who arrested him inside the cockpit arena on Wednesday afternoon, July 23.
LAWMEN in Sogod town, Cebu province arrested a colleague who ran amok in a cockpit area on Wednesday afternoon, July 23. (Photo via Calvin Cordova)
The service firearm of Bracero and his badge have been confiscated while he is facing investigation, said Police Capt. Don Blance Tabares, information officer of the Cebu Police Provincial Office.
Police said Bracero was drunk when he arrived in the cockpit arena around 4 p.m.
Bracero got into an argument with Renerio Masucol, a retired policeman, and an argument erupted.
He challenged Masucol to a fistfight, triggering a commotion.
Cockpit management called the police.
Bracero, a resident of Barangay Ampungol, Sogod, did not calm down even after a group of policemen arrived. As responding police officers tried to arrest him, Bracero resisted and punched Police Corporal Nikko Velasco in the face.
The unruly policeman was subdued and taken to the police station.
Police Col. Christopher Bermudez, chief of CPPO, said the behavior shown by Bracero will not be tolerated.
“Our CPPO director warned that such conduct has no room in the CPPO. We do not condone the behavior of our personnel," Tabares said.