MANILA – National Capital Region Police Office (NCRPO) Brig. Gen. Jose Melencio Nartatez Jr. has ordered the relief of a police officer in Las Piñas City from his post for alleged maltreatment of police trainees.
NCRPO spokesperson Lt. Col. Eunice Salas, in a message to the Philippine News Agency on Friday, said Maj. Knowme Sia was relieved from his post as chief of the Administrative Resources Management Section (ARMS) of the Las Piñas City Police Station, for allegedly using excessive force in disciplining erring police trainees.
“Na relieve na (siya) at nasa (Administrative) Holding Section of the Las Piñas City Police Station. Pinaiimbestigahan at sasampahan ng administrative at criminal case (He was already relieved and was reassigned to the Administrative Holding Section of the Las Piñas City Police Station. He is undergoing investigation and will be charged with administrative and criminal cases),” Salas said, adding that the suspect might face an administrative complaint for grave misconduct and a criminal case for physical injury.
In a police report, the complainants said Sia ordered them to report to the station's headquarters at exactly 8 a.m. on Oct. 29 for administrative announcements and accounting amid the full alert status for the Barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan Elections.
However, the police trainees failed to come on time and were then marked late. Sia then instructed them to proceed to the station's Community Affairs Office where they were sanctioned for their misdemeanor.
Sia allegedly hit the trainees with a wooden stick in different parts of their bodies, including their heads. (PNA)
