{"id":205665,"date":"2019-03-07T22:39:16","date_gmt":"2019-03-08T03:39:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=205665"},"modified":"2019-03-07T22:39:16","modified_gmt":"2019-03-08T03:39:16","slug":"senators-defend-ncrpo-chiefs-outburst","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2019\/03\/07\/senators-defend-ncrpo-chiefs-outburst\/","title":{"rendered":"Senators defend NCRPO chief\u2019s outburst"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Eleazar was caught on video when he collared, cursed and yelled at Cpl. Marlo Quibete, a member of the Eastern Police District’s (EPD) Drug Enforcement Unit, who was arrested and dismissed for robbery and extortion.\u00a0(File Photo<\/a>: PIO NCRPO\/Facebook<\/a>)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

MANILA<\/strong>\u00a0— Two senators on Thursday defended National Capital Region Police (NCRPO) chief, Maj. Gen. Guillermo Eleazar’s outburst at a cop who was arrested for extorting money from a drug suspect.<\/p>\n

Senate President Vicente Sotto III said Eleazar’s “eruption” was understandable given the “feeling of embarrassment” the top cop must have felt for the “damning acts of his men.”<\/p>\n

“Eleazar did right as far as I’m concerned,” Sotto said in a text message.<\/p>\n

Senator Panfilo Lacson, a former Philippine National Police (PNP) chief himself, said he understood the frustration of Eleazar to rid the police force of scalawags or “kotong cops”.<\/p>\n

“I understand his frustration and why he displayed such anger, having gone through the same experience almost 20 years ago. Between him and the extortionist cop, he is a no-brainer choice of a hero,” Lacson said.<\/p>\n

Lacson recounted his first night as police chief back in 1999 where he “hit the ground running” with his anti-kotong campaign.<\/p>\n

“There was this CHPG (Constabulary Highway Patrol Group) team who shot it out with a team of SAF (Special Action Force) personnel whom I tasked to kickstart a relentless operation against mulcting policemen. A SAF operative was killed while three others were wounded,” Lacson said.<\/p>\n

“After I visited the wounded in the hospital, I proceeded to the police station where the ‘kotong’ cops were detained after being arrested. In anger, I wanted to shoot them myself and I remember doing almost the same ritual that P\/Maj. General Eleazar did,” he added.<\/p>\n

Eleazar was caught on video when he collared, cursed and yelled at Cpl. Marlo Quibete, a member of the Eastern Police District’s (EPD) Drug Enforcement Unit, who was arrested and dismissed for robbery and extortion.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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