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62 Caloocan cops sacked after robbery, teens' deaths

62 Caloocan cops sacked after robbery, teens' deaths

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MANILA - Sixty-two Caloocan City cops were sacked following the killings of at least 2 minors in anti-drug operations and a robbery incident during a police operation last September 7, Metro Manila's police chief said Friday.

National Capital Region Police Office chief Oscar Albayalde said the September 7 operation was inexcusable as the cops did not have a search warrant. Fifteen cops directly involved in the breaking and entering incident have been placed under restrictive custody and will face criminal and administrative charges.

CCTV footage earlier showed armed men entering a house in Caloocan City last September 7 and stealing valuables and cash totaling P30,000. A homeowner said the police broke into her home after a drug suspect claimed he got drugs from the house.

In an interview, Albayalde said he is mulling the reassignment and retraining of all 1,000 Caloocan City police personnel in the coming days. He said the reshuffle was planned even before the killing of Kian Loyd delos Santos and Carl Arnaiz in anti-drug sweeps last month.

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"Right now, I think it is immediate that we have to reshuffle all the personnel from substations 2, 4, and 7. We’re looking for the reshuffling of all the personnel from the Caloocan City Police Office in batches," Albayalde told ANC.

The cops, he said, will be retrained and will be reassigned to other stations in Metro Manila, but will not be allowed to return to their position or assignment in Caloocan.

Albayalde said the vacated posts may be filled by personnel from the Regional Public Safety Battalion.

"What we try to show here is we do not condone any wrongdoing of any of our personnel and even the Chief PNP has made it clear that he will not tolerate any abuses of our personnel from the Philippine National Police," he said.

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