1,122 cops probed by PNP task force  for alleged illegal acts

August 4, 2017

A Philippine National Police (PNP) task force said it is validating reports of alleged involvement by 1,122 cops in illegal activities.

In a statement on Friday, the Counter-Intelligence Task Force (CITF) said a total of 41 PNP personnel and 15 civilians had been arrested, mostly for extortion, over the last six months since the task force was activated  in January.

According to Senior Supt Chuiquito Malayo, CITF commander, said they have received 1,180 police–related concerns out of the 7,049 reports and complaints received thru its SMS reporting hotline 09986702286 and 09957958569.

Out of the 1,122 police personnel, there were 249 officers and 873 non-officers allegedly involved in different forms of irregularities, Malayo said.

Malayo said 641 personnel were identified in SMS reports as involved in the three most prevalent violations as protector of illegal activities, engaged in drug activities and extortion.

Subject  to thorough validation are SMS reports that named 385 personnel from National Capitol Region Police Office, 147 from Calabarzon and 14 from Central Luzon, Malayo said.

The SMS reports received by CITF stemmed from alleged violations and complaints against PNP personnel as protector of illegal activities, drug use and trafficking, extortion, illegal gambling, “hulidap”, physical injuries, illegal logging, unexplained wealth, kidnapping, smuggling, gunrunning and other analogous anomalies. DMS