The procurement of body-worn cameras (BWCs) is now the least priority in the procurement for the Philippine National Police (PNP), a top police official said on Thursday, Nov. 24. PNP chief Gen. Rodolfo Azurin Jr. said the current priorities are for the move and shoot capability of all police units...
The criminal conviction handed down by the Caloocan City court against the police officers involved in former President Rodrigo Duterte’s bloody war on drugs was a “sorrowful and partial victory,” Senator Risa Hontiveros said on Thursday, November 24. “We hail as sorrowful and partial...
A total of 116 people have been added to the corps of elite police commandos after completing their six-month grueling training program in Bicol region. Gen. Rodolfo Azurin. Jr., chief of the Philippine National Police (PNP), said the 116 new members of the Special Action Force (SAF) will be...
The Philippine National Police (PNP) has welcomed the conviction of a policeman for torture and planting of evidence in connection with the deaths of Carl Angelo Arnaiz and Reynaldo De Guzman in August 2017. PNP chief Gen. Rodolfo Azurin, Jr. issued the statement amid the shift of strategies in the...
A total of 26,244 barangays that were initially identified as illegal drugs affected were already cleared of drug influence, the Philippine National Police (PNP) reported on Tuesday, Nov. 22. PNP chief Gen. Rodolfo Azurin, Jr. said the drug-cleared barangays represent 74.23 percent of the total of...
House Speaker Martin Romualdez has echoed the need to modernize the Philippine National Police Academy (PNPA), which is the school that produces the country’s future police officers. Speaker Martin Romualdez delivers his message during the flag-raising ceremony at the Philippine National Police...
The Marikina City Police Station (CPS), headed by Col. Earl Castillo, was declared the champion of the Eastern Police District (EPD)’s first Project ESTOMO competition held on Thursday, Nov. 17, at the San Juan Gymnasium in San Juan City. Marikina PNP. (Screengrab from Eastern Police District FB...
More than 654,000 people, who surrendered to the police at the height of the aggressive campaign against illegal drugs during the past administration, have graduated from the rehabilitation program, the Philippine National Police (PNP) disclosed on Thursday, Nov. 17. The PNP-initiated Recovery and...
Police seized more than 8,000 loose firearms in the series of operations across the country in the past three months. Gen. Rodolfo Azurin, Jr., chief of the Philippine National Police (PNP), said the same operations that include checkpoint operations and anti-drug operations also resulted in the...
National police chief Gen. Rodolfo Azurin, Jr. advised on Monday, Nov. 14, suspended prisons head Gerald Bantag to do the talking during the legal proceedings in connection with the death of broadcast journalist Percival Mabasa and alleged middleman Jun Villamor instead of doing it through media...
Gen. Rodolfo Azurin, Jr., chief of the Philippine National Police (PNP) will be conducting a review on all the 7,000 members of two large secessionist groups in Mindanao who passed the qualifying examinations to enter the police service. Azurin specifically wants to pore over the age and education...
The Taguig police and the Philippine National Police (PNP) Anti-Cybercrime Group have identified the persons who posted bomb threats and intent to kill students in Taguig last Nov. 7. In a press conference on Nov. 14, Taguig Mayor Lani Cayetano, Taguig police chief Col. Robert Baesa, and Lt. Col....
