Evaluation of all PNP senior officers has significant impact on war on … – Manila Bulletin

The assessment and evaluation conducted on senior officers of the Philippine National Police (PNP) through courtesy resignations of those with the rank of full colonel to general will have significant impact on the anti-illegal drugs internal cleansing in the organization, Baguio City Mayor Benjamin Magalong said.

Magalong, a retired police general, is one of the five members of the five-man advisory group that has so far concluded the evaluation of more than 900 PNP third level officers.

The result would be significant in terms of internal cleansing. This will have a big positive impact, said Magalong.

The conduct of evaluation and assessment of all senior police officers stemmed from the call of Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) Secretary Benhur Abalos over the repeated allegations of policemen involved in illegal drugs operations.

Aside from Magalong, other members of the advisory group include former Defense Secretary Gilbert Teodoro and PNP chief Gen. Rodolfo Azurin, Jr.

We are now currently wrapping up. The President is already asking about it and I said it would be finished in two weeks, said Magalong.

The hard part of the process, according to Magalong, is the individual assessment and evaluation of each of the senior officers.

He said part of the documents that would be submitted to the President are the recommendations on policies in order to address the involvement of policemen to illegal drugs.

It was not only an evaluation, there were times that we are already investigating in order to get more details, said Magalong.

Azurin earlier said that the result of the assessment would give the PNP a clean slate and moral ground to initiate aggressive anti-illegal drugs operations.

Abalos was earlier quoted saying that at least 917 officers were found clean from illegal drug involvement.

If the courtesy resignation is accepted, the concerned PNP officers will be forced to retire.

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