New PNP chief to enforce ‘one-strike policy’ vs jueteng 09/18/2010

New PNP chief to enforce ‘one-strike policy’ vs jueteng
09/18/2010
Newly installed Philippine National Police (PNP) chief Director General Raul Bacalzo yesterday vowed to strictly implement the one-strike policy on police commanders found coddling the illegal numbers game jueteng.

Bacalzo, who was implicated by jueteng whistleblower Sandra Cam in jueteng operations

, said he already ordered all police commanders in the field to strictly implement the one-strike policy in an effort to address the menace brought about by the illegal numbers game.

“This time, we need to implement that (one-strike policy)…we will instruct our subordinate commanders that we will fully implement the one-strike policy,” said Bacalzo, who was also accused, in an unsigned manifesto allegedly coming from PNP junior officers, of taking jueteng payola.

The PNP chief, however, denied any links to operators of the illegal numbers game.... MORE

Source:  The Daily Tribune

URL: http://www.tribuneonline.org/headlines/20100918hed5.html