No order to kill ‘ninja cops’

THE Philippine National Police (PNP) clarified on Monday, August 20, that there is no order to kill “ninja cops” and that police officers are not entitled to receive the P5-million bounty on the head of a dead “ninja cop.”

PNP chief Oscar Albayalde said the reward will go to the person who provided information that led to the neutralization of a “ninja cop,” or police officers who protect drug personalities or recycle recovered illegal drugs for their own business.

“Kapag ang isang tao naki-isa sa pulis basically ang reward goes to the person that led to the positive neutralization arrest or napatay yan in a police operation basta nag-positive (ang result ng operation) civilian usually it’s the asset (ang nakakakuha ng bounty) hindi ‘yung pulis hindi kung sino nag-operate it is the person that give the info ‘yun ang binibigyan jan,” PNP chief Oscar Albayalde said.

(The reward goes to the person who provided the information that led to the neutralization of a ninja cop. Usually a civilian or police asset provides that information. The police officers involved in the operation do no get the reward.)

He made the statement after President Rodrigo Duterte announced that he was increasing the bounty on the head of a “ninja cop” to P5 million from P3 million.

Albayalde said over 1,700 police personnel who were allegedly involved in various illegal activities are included in their counter-intelligence watchlist.

He allayed fears about policemen turning into “bounty hunters.” He also said there has been no order to immediately kill erring officers.

“Hindi naman kailangan patayin, not in all operations hindi naman kailangan. Depende na