Police offices across WV destroy faded uniforms

GOODBYE, OLD UNIFORMS. Police officials shred old, faded and worn out police uniforms in Camp Delgado, headquarters of the Police Regional Office 6 in Iloilo City. The destruction yesterday, Oc. 28, 2019, ensured that the uniforms would not be used by civilians who are prohibited by law from wearing police or military outfits. IAN PAUL CORDERO/PN
GOODBYE, OLD UNIFORMS. Police officials shred old, faded and worn out police uniforms in Camp Delgado, headquarters of the Police Regional Office 6 in Iloilo City. The destruction yesterday, Oc. 28, 2019, ensured that the uniforms would not be used by civilians who are prohibited by law from wearing police or military outfits. PRO 6

ILOILO City – City and provincial police offices across Region 6 simultaneously destroyed hundreds of old, faded and worn out police uniforms yesterday morning.

The destruction ensured that the uniforms would not be used by civilians who are prohibited by law from wearing police or military outfits, explained Police Brigadier General Rene Pamuspusan, Western Visayas police director.

In Camp Delgado during the ceremonial disposal of worn out uniforms, a total of 221 uniforms were destroyed.

All police stations were recently ordered to gather the old and faded uniforms of their men and send these to their respective city or provincial police offices for shredding.

Pamuspusan said the order was also in line with the “Tamang Bihis” directive of the Philippine National Police (PNP). Policemen must always wear the correct uniform and ensure that this is clean and well-maintained, he stressed.

The director said this is part of the ongoing internal cleansing in the PNP.

“If we want to go further in our internal cleansing, we should start with disciplining our personnel.  Our internal cleansing is not just getting rid of erring police personnel or scalawags. It also covers how our personnel carry themselves as police officers and this includes their uniforms, even the cleanliness of their offices,” said Pamuspusan. 

The director observed during his inspections of police offices across Western Visayas that some of his men’s uniforms were already old and faded.

Pamuspusan said he wanted them to look dignified in public and earn the people’s respect, and this necessitated, too, the wearing of clean, presentable uniforms.

Each police officer is now receiving P14,000 uniform allowance every year.

“Our uniform reflects the level of discipline that we have,” said Police Colonel Remus Zacharias Canieso, deputy regional director for administration of the Police Regional Office 6./PN

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