Soccsksargen cops facing charges sent to spiritual retreat

GENERAL SANTOS CITY -- Police officials and personnel in Region 12 (Soccsksargen) who are facing charges and undergoing disciplinary proceedings have received a break for some “reflection.”

Brig. Gen. Eliseo Rasco, Police Regional Office 12 director, said they sent police personnel facing various charges to the Our Lady of Lourdes Parish in Polomolok, South Cotabato to undergo a two-day recollection starting Friday.

Rasco said the spiritual enrichment activity or the PRO-12’s 2019 Lenten Recollection focuses on the theme, “Repentance, a Pathway to Forgiveness”.

“The participants are uniformed personnel who are facing pending administrative or criminal cases and those who have been embroiled in controversies,” he said in a statement.

He did not say how many personnel were sent to the spiritual retreat but noted that they are currently assigned at the Regional Personnel Holding and Accounting Unit.

The initiative is part of the Philippine National Police’s (PNP) spiritual uplifting program, which “aims to boost the morale of the PNP personnel in their approach to law enforcement,” the police official said.

He said the recollection, part of PRO-12’s activities for the observance of Lent, was spearheaded by PRO-12’s Regional Chaplain’s Office and the Regional Community Affairs and Development Division.

“It aims to restore the moral values of our personnel, especially those considered to have gone off-track, and reinforce the ethical standards and doctrines of the PNP so that they may be able to deliver ethics-based police service in the field,” he added. (PNA)