The Philippine National Police (PNP), the Department of Transportation (DOTr), and the Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) plans to form a task force against cops moonlighting as security escorts.
PCol. Jean Fajardo, spokesperson of PNP, said on Thursday, May 30, that the task force will also run after civilians who use marked vehicles.
Fajardo said that PNP Chief PGen. Rommel Francisco Marbil discussed the task force during a meeting with officials from the DOTr and MMDA.
The task force, which will initially operate in Metro Manila, will include the Integrity Monitoring and Enforcement Group as well as the Highway Patrol Group of the PNP.
"Our IMEG pati HPG would run after dito sa mga posibleng gumagamit ng mga marked vehicles na hindi naman talagang totoong pulis," Fajardo said during a press briefing in Camp Crame.
"Of course, the IMEG, as what was discussed with the DOTr and MMDA, they might catch moonlighting police officers," she added.
The creation of the task force came after the PNP-HPG arrested two MMDA personnel, who provide security to Sen. Francis Tolentino, for unauthorized use of police markings.
"Hopefully by next week, we are just finalizing guidelines, maglalabas ng guidelines yung ating (Directorate for Operations)," Fajardo said.
