The Philippine National Police (PNP) leadership is considering publishing the names of would-be policemen as part of its plan to further scrutinize recruits seeking to join its ranks.

PNP chief Director General Oscar Albayalde yesterday said publishing the names of recruits would allow the general public to report those with pending criminal cases who want to join the PNP.

Speaking to reporters, Albayalde cited more than 1,176 policemen on the watch list of rogue law enforcers of the PNP’s Counter Intelligence Task Force (CITF), saying that “rogue policemen are more lethal than criminals.”

“I think the number is 1,176 and remember these people are armed,” Albayalde said.

The PNP chief reiterated that the proposed reforms in the recruitment process include replacing the “OJT” or On the Job phase of recruitment with commando training similar to that of the PNP’s elite Special Action Force.

“When they are in the OJT phase, they see there where is it good to be assigned,” Albayalde explained.

Albayalde also said that under the proposed recruitment reform, an officer who conducted and signed off on the background investigation of a would-be policeman who later turns out to have pending criminal cases will also be sanctioned.

Meanwhile, National Capital Region Police Office (NCRPO) Director Chief Supt. Guillermo Eleazar yesterday ordered the relief of a police commander in Pasay City who was “missing” during a surprise inspection.

Relieved was Senior Insp. Allan Estrada, erstwhile commander of the Police Community Precinct 1 (PCP-1) of the Pasay City Police Station.

Eleazar ordered the immediate relief of Estrada after he was nowhere to be found at the station when the NCRPO chief conducted inspection at dawn yesterday.

The NCRPO chief even tried to call Estrada through his cellular phone but to no avail.

This prompted Eleazar to direct Pasay City Police Station chief Senior Supt. Noel Flores to relieve Estrada, who even left three firearms inside his room at the PCP-1.

Eleazar also conducted surprise inspections in other areas before going to Pasay.

At the PCP 1 of Mandaluyong Police, the NCRPO chief noticed cigarette butts at the back of the station outpost.

Eleazar also went to the Punta PCP in Sta. Ana, Manila and told policemen to clean their office.

He also checked the Sta. Mesa Police Station, Labores PCP, Sta. Ana Police Station and Malate Police Station and found these in order.

“In general, I am satisfied but we can do more improvement,” Eleazar said.

“One of my priority programs is cleanliness of our stations and their surroundings,” he added.

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