According to Triambulo, the number includes the 15 Caloocan policemen (13 rookie police officers and their two superiors) who were involved in an illegal raid last September, and reportedly used a minor to rob the house they raided. Also included are the two Caloocan police who were implicated in the killing of 19-year-old Carl Angelo Arnaiz last August.
The 15 Caloocan police officers are: Police Officers 1 Ariel Furio, Marvin Poblete, Sherwin Rivera, Jay Gabanata, Francis Ruiz Quidic, Rene Llanto, Louie Serrano, Jaypee Tulay, Rohelio Julaton, Jay-R Sabangan, Jaime Natividad, Joey Leaban and Michael Miguel; and Senior Inspector Warren Peralta and Chief Inspector Timothy Aniway Jr.
On the other hand, the two Caloocan police who allegedly shot Arnaiz dead are Police Officers 1 Jeffrey Perez and Ricky Arquilita. Both of them were charged with grave misconduct and conduct unbecoming of a police officer. Their commander, Chief Inspector Fortunato Ecle Jr. was charged with grave neglect of duty and is subject for demotion.
Triambulo added that some of the cases that were filed against the abusive policemen came from the referral of the Counter-Intelligence Task Force (CITF), as special unit of the PNP created in January to “clean” the agency so that the public will increase their trust to the policemen. So far, the CITF are still investigating 1,122 other policemen.
Last month, Dela Rosa said that PNP is now concentrating on other programs, particularly the internal cleansing, given that the war on drugs was transferred to Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA). He said that about 2 percent or roughly 4,000 out of the 185,000 uniformed personnel of the PNP are believed to be engaged in illegal activities.
Contributed by Renato Pasayao
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