Airtight dismissal for ‘shabu’ cop sought
He said he wants offices to look into certain procedures and documentations so that Mayo can’t use in his defense that the PNP did not observe due process in rendering a decision on his dismissal
Philippine National Police chief Police General Rodolfo Azurin Jr. on Tuesday stressed that he wants to ensure that there would be no loopholes in the dismissal of Master Sgt. Rodolfo Mayo Jr. — a member of the PNP Drug Enforcement Group — as he deferred action on the recommendation of Internal Affairs Service for his dismissal from service.
The PNP chief said that the deferment is to ensure that the case against Mayo — who was arrested in an operation that yielded P6.7 billion worth of shabu in Manila in October last year — will not be reversed due to “technicalities.”
“I directed the DLOD (Discipline, Law and Order Division) of our DIDM (Directorate for Investigation and Detection Management) under Maj. Gen. Eli Cruz, because I don’t want this to be reversed on technicality later on. We want to make sure that the recommendation of the IAS will be sustained and will not be reversed which may result in the reinstatement of this police officer into the service,” Azurin said.
He added that wants offices to look into certain procedures and documentations so that Mayo can’t use in his defense that the PNP did not observe due process in rendering a decision on his dismissal.
“We have to look into certain procedures, especially the documentations that are needed for that, that will not be the reason later on by Mayo he will say that the process was not followed when he was dismissed,” he said.
Azurin, meanwhile, said he does not see any reason to relieve PNP Drug Enforcement Group chief Brig. Gen. Narciso Domingo, following the arrest of Mayo and another PDEG police in a buy-bust in Manila.