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BY RUBY P. SILUBRICO
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ILOILO City – The chief of Iloilo City Police Office’s Police Station 1 has been charged before the National Police Commissioned (Napolcom) with grave misconduct for destroying the door lock of a room in the police station.
The complainant was Police Station 1 non-commissioned personnel May Flor Fernandez, according to Napolcom Region 6 information officer Allen Camering.
Chief Inspector Aldrin Lamera will be given the chance to submit a counter-affidavit, he added.
Fernandez fled her complaint on Feb. 9, 2016 and a pre-charge investigation was conducted. Napolcom found probable cause to pursue the grave misconduct complaint.
Grave misconduct, an administrative offense, comes with the penalty of dismissal from the service.
In a previous interview, Lamera said he got angry because Fernandez did not attending the meeting he called.
He also said he destroyed the door lock of the room where Fernandez was assigned because he needed the megaphone that was being kept there.
Also in February, 32 police personnel of Police Station 1 came out with a petition seeking Lamera’s relief. They claimed the atmosphere at Police Station 1 was no longer conducive for working harmoniously under Lamera’s leadership.
They claimed Lamera often shouted at them and talked offensively, embarrassing them during conferences.
Lamera denied the accusations but admitted scolding his men at one point because they reported to work late and were often tinkering with their phones either playing games or checking their Facebook accounts.
“It’s unfair that some of my men are working while others are playing online games and checking Facebook,” said Lamera./PN
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