Pubdate: Sat, 16 Aug 2003 Source: Sunstar Pangasinan (Philippines) Copyright: 2003 Sunstar Contact: http://www.sunstar.com.ph/pangasinan/ Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/1726 Author: Liway Manantan-Yparraguirre Bookmark: http://www.mapinc.org/areas/Philippines 5 POLICE CHIEFS FACE RELIEF LINGAYEN -- Five chiefs of police are facing possible relief from their posts for failure to conduct an illegal drug campaign at their respective areas of responsibility during the two performance evaluation periods set by the provincial director. The Performance Audit Team will further deliberate upon the status of five others. In relation, police stations that have arrested drug personalities and cleared drug-affected barangays received cash incentives. The performance audit covered June 16 to July 30. Emerging as the topnotcher was the San Quintin police station, which is under the command of Senior Insp. Medardo Q. Soriano. The police station received P23,000 for arresting 23 drug personalities from June 16 to July 30. Part of the parameter is the filing of appropriate charges against the suspects and the inclusion of the criminal case numbers in their reports submitted to the audit team. The Urdaneta City police station under the leadership of Supt. Raul D. Petrasanta placed second with 17 arrests. Meanwhile, the Sison police station was able to clear two drug affected barangays for the same period. These were announced Friday during the command conference presided by Provincial Director Mario R. Sandiego. The performance audit team is chaired by Supt. Ricardo Tamayo, deputy provincial director for administration, with Supts. Edgar Basbas and Manuel Obrera, deputy provincial director for operation and head of the Provincial Anti-Illegal Drug Special Operations Task Force respectively. Facing relief are Senior Insp. Jeremias R. Rasing of Agno police station, Supt. Zosimo M. Fernandez of Bani, Senior Insp. Tomas C. Obillo of Dasol, Chief Insp. Reynaldo Tamondong of Basista and Senior Insp. Leonardo E. Tabelia of San Fabian. Those facing further evaluation and deliberation are Chief Insp. Benjamin P. Ocomin of Bolinao, Insp. Rosito C. Camazo of Mabini, Insp. Diosdado B. Ginez of Sta. Maria and Supt. Bernardo Reamon. Included in the list is Burgos police station; however, the other officer-in-charge designated by the mayor is a non-officer and was not recommended by the provincial director. The officers will be asked to explain why they should not be relieved from their units despite their failure to deliver results despite the repeated directives issued by higher officers. The final decision on who will be relieved will come from Sandiego. "This is not an arbitrary finding. The collegial body came up with their decision after thorough and exhaustive analysis, examinations, study and assessment of the reports submitted by the police chiefs," Sandiego said. Reports on clearance of drug-affected barangays must be accompanied with a Badac and Municipal Anti-Drug Abuse Council (Madac) certifications attesting it was really cleared, also with accompanying photos. The conduct of performance audit was one of the directives issued by Chief Supt. Claudio Cabreros, Police Regional Office (PRO) 1 regional director during the regional police command. - --- MAP posted-by: Larry Seguin