Commendation for cops deferred
MANGALDAN – Not too fast!
The Sangguniang Bayan deferred the approval of a proposed resolution commending the town’s police for the alleged success in their campaign against illegal drugs here, calling it premature.
Councilor Jessie de Guzman was supported by his colleagues in the SB when he sought the deferment of the passage of the resolution sponsored by Councilor Judith Gubatan.
De Guzman said the commendation to Supt. Segundino Adaliga, chief of police, is still premature considering the fact that the resolution still has to be studied thoroughly to avoid any possible embarrassment after it has been passed.
The councilors had agreed that an audit or inventory of reported achievements be done to validate the reported successful raids so far conducted by the police.
“We should not only look into how many raids were conducted by the police but also how many cases had been filed, and the foremost is, how many violators had so far been sent to jail,” de Guzman said.
He noted that many cases in the past that had been dismissed either due to technicalities, lack of vital witnesses, loss of interest by the aggrieved parties, lack of supporting prima facie evidence against the accused due to the incomplete statement handed in by investigating officer and others that caused the dismissal of the case. –APE
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