IPPO serves dismissal order vs multi-awarded cop, 3 others

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BY GLENDA SOLOGASTOA
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Saturday, October 28, 2017
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ILOILO City – The dismissal order of the Office of the Ombudsman against the police chief of Ajuy, Iloilo, Chief Inspector Charlie Sustento, and three other policemen had been served, according to the Iloilo Police Provincial Office (IPPO).

Senior Superintendent Marlon Tayaba, IPPO director, said he tasked Superintendent Elmer Armada, his deputy director for administration, to serve the order to the four cops on Thursday.

Armada delivered it to the Ajuy police station. Sustento was not around but according to Tayaba, the order remained effective.

In an eight-page decision signed by Graft Investigation and Prosecution Officer II Emmanuel Ringpis Jr. dated June 28, 2017, the Ombudsman found Sustento and his three officers guilty of grave misconduct and meted them the penalty of dismissal from service, plus accessory penalties of cancellation of civil service eligibility and forfeiture of retirement benefits.

The three others dismissed were Police Officer 3 Ramon Baylon Jr., Police Officer 2 Joebert Detorio and Police Officer 1 John Domzon.

Complainants Richard Samontosa and Janice Braga accused the four policemen of grave misconduct, conduct unbecoming of police officers, gross incompetence, abuse of authority, and violation of Republic Act 6713 (Code of Conduct and Ethical Standards for Public Officials and Employees).

The complaints were filed when Sustento was then the chief of police of Dumangas, Iloilo in 2014.

Tayaba said he designated Senior Police Officer 4 Efren Toreres, Sustento’s deputy, as officer-in-charge of the Ajuy police station.

On Monday, Oct. 30, Sustento and the three police officers were expected to formally turn over their service firearms and badges to the IPPO, said Tayaba.

Sustento could not be reached for comment as of this writing.

Tayaba said the dismissal of Sustento and the three cops saddened him.

“Malaking kawalan sa kapulisan si Sustento at saka ‘yung mga grupo nya. While we have to abide by the order of the Ombudsman, we are supporting him in this cause,” he said.

For now, Tayaba said, they were waiting for the result of the cops’ appeal with the Court of Appeals.

Sustento is a multi-awarded police officer of the IPPO. Just this Aug. 14, no less than Philippine National Police’s Director General Ronald Dela Rosa recognized him as “Best Junior Police Commission Officer for Operations.”  The awarding was in line with the 116th Police Service Anniversary.

Among others, under Sustento, the Ajuy police station topped the 2017 first quarter performance evaluation of the IPPO.

Ajuy police station was also hailed as “best in law enforcement operation” against loose firearms from January to March this year./PN
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