The Taguig Police filed multiple criminal complaints against the policemen who were seen in a viral video entering a house and store, and hurting a family in Barangay Napindan. 

According to the National Capital Region Police Office, the Taguig Police filed criminal complaints with the Taguig City Prosecutor’s Office against 10 policemen for what it called an “illegitimate police operation.” 

The criminal complaints filed against the 10 policemen are robbery, grave coercion, physical injury, obstruction of justice, malicious mischief, violation of Republic Act 7610 (Special Protection of Children Against Abuse, Exploitation and Discrimination Act), unlawful arrest, and violation of domicile. 

Screenshots of the CCTV footage showing Taguig policemen entering a house and variety store in Barangay Napindan, Taguig on Feb. 9 (Screenshots from video uploaded by Red Ruiz on Facebook) 

Article 128, or Violation of Domicile, of the Revised Penal Code, states that “the penalty of prision correccional in its minimum period shall be imposed upon any public officer or employee who, not being authorized by judicial order, shall enter any dwelling against the will of the owner thereof, search papers or other effects found therein without the previous consent of such owner, or having surreptitiously entered said dwelling, and being required to leave the premises, shall refuse to do so.”

The Taguig police officers, who are assigned at Taguig Police Substation 5, were relieved from their posts and will face an administrative investigation to determine their liability in the operation. 

CCTV footage of the incident was posted on Facebook showing Taguig policemen entering a house and a variety store in Napindan on Feb. 9. 

In the video, cops were seen trying to arrest a young man. A cop also got the cellphones of a mother and her daughter. 

The Taguig Police condemned the operation, saying, “The Taguig City Police Station strongly condemns any form of abuse, especially when committed by those entrusted with the duty to serve and protect. Upholding the highest standards of law enforcement, we will not tolerate any misconduct within our ranks. 

The cops were disarmed and stripped of their Philippine National Police ID cards. 

The mother accused the cops of taking money from her store, room and e-wallet account. 

A cop also showed the mother a document, which she said was a warrant of arrest but it did not have the signature of a judge. 

“May warrant ka, may warrant ka. Bakit ganyan ang warrant ninyo walang pirma ng judge? (You have a warrant, you have a warrant. Why is your warrant like that, without a judge's signature?),” the mother said, News5’s “Frontline Pilipinas” reported. 

She said she was dragged into a police car. 

“Naging hysterical na po ako. Talagang pilit nila akong pinoposasan (I became hysterical. They're really trying to handcuff me),” she said. 

The mom narrated that when the policemen saw the CCTV camera, they took it. 

According to her, she and her son agreed to go with the police to the Barangay Napindan hall. Her daughter also went with them.

But when the police car did not go to the barangay hall, she jumped from the police car. Another video showed the mom jumping from the vehicle and going inside the barangay hall. 

“Aba nakita ko nilagpas na ho sa barangay. Hindi totoong barangay. Tumalon po ako (Well, I saw that it had already passed the barangay. It wasn't the barangay. I jumped),” she said. Her daughter also jumped from the police vehicle.