By Rey Anthony Chiu
Prosecutor Macario Delusa defends Camp Dagohoy head in the decision to relieve a cop and restrict him to barracks after being alleged with abuse of authority and police brutality.
Delusa believed the action of PSSUpt Constantino Barot in recalling to barracks PO2 Tomas Bullecer after complaints of police brutality was in order and was correct.
Reports said that Bullecer whipped a certain Severino Sanchez, 25 years old, who appeared at the Loay police station showing welts all over his body.
That same night, Bullecer also allegedly barged into another house and sought personalities he reportedly would like to slap.
The case was brought to a consultative assembly at the Bohol Tropics last week by Loay Mayor Rosemarie Imboy, apparently asking the Philippine National Police to impose sanctions.
Bullecer is the brother of a mayoralty candidate who run against Mayor Imboy.
Bringing the same case to the Provincial Peace and Order Council Meeting Thursday, council members fear speculations that the police organization is mum about the allegations because of politics.
On the matter, PSsupt Barot said he has ordered the relief and barracks restriction to Bullecer to keep him from possibly influencing the investigations.
To show he has been impartial to the victim, Barot said he offered a police escort to keep the victim safe while he was filing his complaint at the Internal Affairs Service of the Philippine National Police.
Citing his adherence to due process, Barot said he can only do as much as he wants the accused police officer to be given due process by allowing investigative bodies to probe on the allegations.
On this, Delusa also added that an administrative case can be filed by the police to the Ombudsman against the accused while the victims could also go and file separate complaints to the People’s Law Enforcement Board (PLEB) to hasten the investigations.
“In this incident, its better that the police director initiates a case before the office of the ombudsman aside from the IAS and the PLEBâ€, he said.
By this, the chairman of the town PLEB committee can initiate an investigation as an aid in the gathering evidence against the accused, Delusa stressed. (racPIABohol)
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