Go maintains trust in PNP

Senator Christopher Lawrence “Bong” Go on Tuesday assured the Philippine National Police (PNP) that he still trust the institution as it remains committed to reforming itself amid the controversies surrounding the police force.

In a statement, Go said that despite the controversy hounding the PNP, he sees the police force as a trusted institution since the PNP is continuing to clean its ranks from rouge cops and scalawags.

The senator also noted that the police is instrumental in the campaign of the government against illegal drugs and corruption, prompting the President to increase their salary and while he maintains his confidence to the police, Go urged trustworthy officials not to cover for the few, erring ones, or they could risk wasting the trust given to them by the Filipinos.

Go also revealed that President Rodrigo Duterte might ask the Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) to get to the bottom of the “ninja cop” issue.

“At the conclusion of this hearing, the President might ask the DILG to investigate and get to the bottom of this,” Go said. “The truth must come out.”

To recall, the issue stemmed from the issue of the so-called ninja cops who were allegedly recycling illegal drugs that were confiscated as evidence.

Baguio City Mayor Benjamin Magalong, former head of the Criminal Investigation and Detection Group (CIDG) of the PNP, gave the Senate a list of the names of the alleged ninja cops on September 19. The names were revealed by Magalong himself during the Tuesday public hearing.