Pubdate: Sat, 26 Jun 2004 Source: Manila Bulletin (The Philippines) Contact: Website: http://www.mb.com.ph/ Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/906 Author: Elena L. Aben NCRPO TO RID METRO MANILA POLICE OF UNSCRUPULOUS ELEMENTS National Capital Regional Police Office (NCRPO) chief Director Ricardo de Leon announced that his command's efforts in eradicating the few unscrupulous elements in the ranks of the Metro Manila police shall be thorough and unrelenting saying rogues and scalawags have no place in the police service. De Leon made the stern warning to all officers and men of the NCRPO following a story featured in a television program where a policeman in his uniform was shown engaged in a shabu sniffing session with two other unidentified civilians inside a Police Community Precinct (PCP) of the Pasig Police Station. De Leon immediately directed Eastern Police District Office (EPDO) director Chief Supt. Oscar Valenzuela to initiate summary dismissal proceedings against PO1 Samuel Quiteves, an operative assigned with the Pasig Police PCP6 in Barangay Palatiw, Pasig City. He also directed the EPDO director to determine if any other policemen assigned at the PCP are involved in similar illegal activities and to determine the suspect's immediate superior's liability relative to the incident. De Leon said Quiteves is a disgrace to the institution and deserves the top spot of the "horror roll." "He has shamed the PNP and he will face the full force of the law for his contemptuous act," De Leon said. He further pointed out that the fact that Quiteves engaged in a shabu session right inside the PCP detachment shows his absence of respect for the institution and puts under question his superior's leadership. - --- MAP posted-by: Josh