Close to 600 “third level” Philippine National Police (PNP) officials out of the total 956 senior officers have tendered their resignation as of Monday, Jan. 9.
Close to 600 “third level” Philippine National Police officials out of the total 956 senior officers have tendered their resignation as of Monday, Jan. 9, amid a radical internal cleansing program to purge the organization of high-ranking cops suspected to be involved in various illegal activities.
“We were able to account more or less 500 to close to 600 [officials] as reported by the different units from the regions,” Azurin said in an interview at Camp Crame in Quezon City when asked for an update on the matter. These officers were consisted of Azurin as the lone four-star general; eight lieutenant generals , 21 major generals , 114 brigadier generals , and 812 police colonels.
Meanwhile, Azurin asked the committee to be fair and objective in the conduct of their assessment since the officers are putting their career and names on the line by submitting themselves to the challenge.
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