MANILA – The Aquino administration on Tuesday said there are serious efforts within the Philippine National Police to cleanse its ranks of rogue cops following the involvement of policemen in criminal activities.
A government spokesman Herminio Coloma, Jr. said the small number of rogue police officers should not tarnish the image of the entire police organization.
“They form a very small proportion of the total strength of the PNP,” Coloma said.
Nine police officers, seven of whom are members of the La Loma Police station in Quezon City, have been linked to a recent robbery and illegal detention case and that two of them have been arrested.
Coloma said the PNP is doing its job, given the challenges of a large number of people to be covered and given the shortage in manpower and equipment that it is still trying to address.
Despite the incident, the police is working to gain the trust of the public, Coloma said, stressing the importance of police and community coordination to fight crimes.
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