00:00Instead of enforcing the law, a few more police officers are fighting against them and getting involved in the crime.
00:09This year alone, more than 500 police officers have been dismissed from their jobs due to grave offenses.
00:16This is what the PNP's leader, Maki Pulido, pointed out.
00:22The two former police officers involved in the murder of the beauty queen, Geneva Lopez, and her boyfriend, Israeli,
00:31is the latest in a long list of activists and former members of the same institution that should be protecting the public but is behind the crime.
00:41Just last year, a police officer and his brother were arrested for committing a police operation.
00:47They were caught by Chinese nationals, who allocated half a million pesos in exchange.
00:53It seems like nothing is happening in the decades of promises of various leaders of the PNP to clean up their mess.
01:01The group of Volunteers Against Crime and Corruption, or VACC, was alarmed.
01:05We are lacking in their initiatives, in their cleansing.
01:12We can see their involvement in a series of different crimes.
01:17From January 1 to July 3, 2024, 325 PNP officers were dismissed from their jobs due to grave offenses.
01:26Four of them are police colonels, four are majors, and seven are police captains.
01:30Most of them are rank police patrolmen, police staff sergeants, and police corporals.
01:36Most of the cases are absence without leave or awol, followed by robbery extortion.
01:41There are also cases of homicide, rape, and murder.
01:44In total, this year alone, 525 were dismissed from their jobs.
01:49This is higher than last year.
01:51The PNP said that there are bad things being done to any organization, but they will not stop the campaign against them.
01:59It's not just the police that are involved in our cases, because we are also answering them, including their immediate supervisors.
02:06They are also arranging a background check for those who apply to be police.
02:12On the part of the PNP efforts to really determine what are the root causes, why are our police involved.
02:18Is there a problem in terms of recruitment? Is there a problem in terms of vetting the individuals who want to enter the service?
02:27I hope, said the VACC, that something will happen to the PNP's promises of cleaning up.
02:34The PNP should give us that peace of mind assurance that we can go home, or even safe at our own homes.
02:44For GMA Integrated News, Macky Pulido, for 24 Hours.
02:56For GMA Integrated News, Macky Pulido, for 24 Hours.
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