Sinibak na hepe ng Mandaluyong City police, nagpositibo sa confirmatory drug test
Sinibak na hepe ng Mandaluyong City police, nagpositibo sa confirmatory drug test;
Pre-charged investigation, gumugulong na
Pre-charged investigation, gumugulong na
Transcript
00:00 The head of the Mandaluyang City Police was possibly dismissed from his job. He was discharged after he tested positive for a confirmatory drug.
00:10 Aside from him, two other police officers also tested positive.
00:15 Here is the center of the news from Patrick De Jesus.
00:18 The pre-charge investigation against the former Mandaluyang Police Chief, Police Colonel Cesar Garente is now underway.
00:27 He was discharged after he tested positive for a confirmatory drug.
00:33 Garente was the first to test positive for a random drug test conducted by the NCRPO in August.
00:39 He will be charged with Conduct and Becoming of a Police Officer,
00:44 where he could be dismissed from his job as a police officer.
00:48 Garente was first discharged from his job where he is currently in the Restrictive Custody
00:54 of the Regional Personal Holding Accounting Unit of the NCRPO.
00:58 As a matter of rules, he has the authority to challenge this result.
01:06 He needs to submit a written intention to challenge this result.
01:13 If he will offer to challenge this result, the laboratory that will be selected should be accredited and monitored by the Department of Health.
01:27 If the forensic unit conducted the test, it will be submitted to the chosen laboratory accredited by the DOH to conduct the test.
01:41 PTV News is trying to get Garente's statement on this.
01:46 Aside from Garente, two other non-commissioned police officers tested positive for a confirmatory drug test.
01:53 As of now, more than 100 NCRPO police officers have submitted to a random drug test as part of the PNP's internal cleansing.
02:02 This is the result of what we always say, we will not be released.
02:09 That's why within a month, four random drug tests were conducted by NCRPO,
02:17 more than 900 were submitted to the drug test.
02:21 It will continue, not only in NCRPO.
02:25 Mandaluyong City Mayor Benjamin Abalos Sr. supported the PNP's move and his surprise drug tests to bring the highest rate of crime to the police.
02:39 Patrick De Azuz for the nation.