Napolcom: Policeman guilty of oppression

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BY MERIANNE GRACE EREÑETA
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ILOILO City – The National Police Commission (Napolcom) found a police officer guilty of oppression and grave misconduct, and ordered his dismissal from the service.
Senior Inspector Yolando Lago was the former chief of the 1st Maneuver Platoon, Iloilo Public Safety Company based in Barangay Bagumbayan, Tigbauan, Iloilo.
An administrative complaint was filed against Lago by Police Officers 1 Rowena Bautista, Ronald De Tomas, J-Mar Moises, Janice Patricio, Madeleine Villegas, and Marites Degones in 2012.
In their complaint, the police officers claimed that on Aug. 6, 2012 around 7 a.m. at the camp of the 1st Maneuver Platoon, Lago ordered them to go to the fishpond, according to Allen Camering, pre-charge investigator of Napolcom Region 6.
The complainants claimed they were submerged in the fishpond for nine hours, with only their heads above the water.
The decision of the Napolcom en banc was issued on March 8, 2016 yet but it was only this week when the Napolcom Region 6 received it.
Camering said Lago himself is yet to receive his copy of the decision.
“He was summoned to the regional office Monday next week. We will give him 10 days to file his motion for reconsideration,” said Camering.
The Napolcom en banc decision was signed by then Department of Interior and Local Government secretary Senen Sarmiento, and commissioners Eduardo Escueta, Lusisito Palmera, Constancia De Guzman, Alejandro Urro, and Ricardo Marquez.
Napolcom administers and controls the PNP. It was mandated by the Constitution and the major police reform laws, Republic Act 6975 (Department of the Interior and Local Government Act of 1990) and Republic Act 8551 (Philippine National Police Reform and Reorganization Act of 1998).
One of its duties is to monitor and investigate police anomalies and irregularities./PN

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