THE National Capital Region Police Office
yesterday ordered the relief of the head of the Manila Police
District Traffic Enforcement Office and 11 of his men for
allegedly extorting money from tricycle drivers in Port Area,
Manila.
NCRPO chief Deputy Director General Reynaldo
P. Varilla said that although Senior Supt. Elmer Jamias, MPDTEO
unit commander, was not directly involved in the alleged
extortion activities, he was also relieved under the principle
of command responsibility.
Those under his command who were all sacked
and reassigned to the Regional Headquarters Support Group in
Camp Bagong Diwa, Taguig City were Senior Insp. Benjamin Cosme;
Inspectors Rizal Tungol and Romulo Tamayo, SPO4 Daniel dela
Cruz, SPO2 Dionisio Sagun, SPO2 Cesar Santiago, SPO2 Arnel
Pabines, SPO2 Ernesto Castillo, PO2 Angelito Lim, PO2 Ruben
Cosme, and PO3 Remy Baloners.
Jamias was reassigned to the MPD
headquarters.
The relief order stemmed from the protest
rally conducted this week by hundreds of members of the
Federation of Tricycle Operators and Drivers Association in Port
Area who accused several MPDTEO policemen of extorting money
from them in exchange for non-apprehension even if they commit
traffic violations.
Varilla has ordered the head of the regional investigation
and detective management division to investigate the tricycle
drivers’ complaints. He also instructed MPD officer-in-charge
Senior Supt. Danilo Abarzosa to find a replacement for Jamias. –
Raymond Africa
