NCRPO finds 84 unregistered vehicles in police camps

January 21, 2020

The National Capital Region Police Office (NCRPO) found 84 unregistered vehicles and four abandoned motorcycles inside their different police camps when they conducted an internal cleaning program. 

The program, called Oplan Viserion, is looking into alleged illegal use of recovered and carnapped vehicles and motorcycles by police personnel.

Police Brigadier General Debold Sinas, acting NCRPO chief, said they were able to check 3, 292 vehicles inside their camps in Metro Manila.

“Of the 3, 904, 198 were found with violations,” Sinas said in a press briefing.

Based on NCRPO’s data, out of the 198, 84 vehicles were unregistered while one was abandoned. Four were abandoned motorcycles while others had violation on their original receipt and certificate of registration; licenses, and other violations.

Sinas said abandoned motorcycles and vehicles are being checked by their crime lab and the Philippine National Police- Highway Patrol Group (PNP-HPG) to determine if these are involved in crimes.

All PNP personnel, including civilian drivers and owners with violations, were issued Temporary Operator’s Permit (TOP) by HPG personnel.

Sinas also said all PNP personnel with violations will be administratively charged depending on the gravity of their offenses.

“Depending on the gravity of their offenses, from minor offenses of neglect or grave misconduct to serious misconduct so that they will understand that we should follow the law as we are the ones who are implementing the law,” he said.

To prevent this,  Sinas said he gave directives to all district directors to check all vehicles, whether PNP or civilian, when it enters different NCRPO camps.

“If there are no stickers and plate, (the vehicle).... will be barred from entering the camps… that is our standard operation,” he said.

“The inspection will be continuous… based on our meeting, this will be implemented randomly at least once or twice a month in different camps of NCRPO and different police stations,” he added.

Sinas said this is to assure the public  police are not using carnapped and recovered vehicles.

“We cannot say it’s 100 percent… there are some who still wants to violate (laws) so that is what we want to prevent,” he said. Ella Dionisio/DMS