Police recruits with shady backgrounds will be weeded out, says PNP Chief Oscar Albayalde. CONTRIBUTED PHOTO With many rookie policemen engaging in criminal activities, the Philippine National Police (PNP) yesterday launched what it hopes will be a “foolproof” system of weeding out misfits from its recruits.
A day after pushing PNP control of police academies training commissioned and non-commissioned officers, PNP chief Director General Oscar Albayalde focused on the training system for new cops.
With other police officials, Albayalde unveiled the Robust Neuro Psychiatric Medical and Dental System (RONMEDDS) at the National Capital Region Training Center in Taguig City.
He explained that the initial phase of the screening process for police recruits will vet individuals on having the right mindset to do police work professionally and without succumbing to corruption.
The top cop emphasized new recruits must have good moral character so they do not turn into the very criminals they are supposed to bring behind bars.
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Early this week, former PNP chief and now Sen. Panfilo “Ping” Lacson rued the involvement of rookie cops with ranks of P01 and P02 in criminal activities, including kidnapping and extortion.
Under RONMEDDS, the applicants’ identities are kept anonymous through the use of bar-coded identification cards to keep the recruitment process free from “human intervention.”
Training officers had been in the past criticized either for playing favoritism or for failing or making extra hard the training of cadets they do not like.
The names of the candidates are also vetted publicly through social and mainstream media to smoke out those with derogatory records in their communities.
The overhauled recruitment system is intended “to preserve the integrity of the PNP recruitment process and to minimize outside influence on behalf of ‘flawed’ individuals,” Albayalde said.
The PNP chief warned his fellow officials not to intervene in the recruitment process in favor of relatives or people they know.
Albayalde said he will not tolerate the padrino (patronage) system in the organization, especially in facilitating the entry of new members into the police force.
