BOHOL police still score 8 against illegal drugs form February to April, despite the absence of deputization orders to the provincial anti-drug task force members from the regional drug enforcement agency.
With a scenario made difficult by technical requirement of police deputization as drug agents to consummate anti-drug arrests, Bohol police force are now hopeful of a full blast operations as soon as their element members of the Provincial Anti Drug Abuse Task Force get their marching orders from the regional office of the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA).
Anent to that, on the 8 apprehensions here, PSInsp. Vener Santos of Camp Dagohoy rated police accomplishment, 4 in a scale of 10, knowing they could only do with clipped wings.
He admitted cops have been fairly cautious about drug raids as the operation needs joint operations between the PNP and the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency as a technical requirement.
He was however positive that the rating would surge as soon as the Bohol Police Office through PSSupt Egdardo Ingking seals the deputization papers with the regional drug agency, which may not be long.
Moreover he said at the weekly Kapihan sa PIA aired live over DyTR that police deputization as drug agents also go with a special training from PDEA.
The trainings, he explained would be on the technicalities of drug arrests and raids, which has become the main reason why drug cases could not proceed to second base.
Police officers need to meticulously go through the a tough checklist when proceeding to a drug arrest, raid or buy-bust operation, he explained.
Failure to approximate the technical requirements is a simple ground for dropping the case, one of the few downsides in drug cases. The next reason for courts dropping the case is when police officers do not show up in arraignments and succeeding court hearings.
On non-appearance of apprehending cops during the prosecution of the case, the Philippine National Police through the Department of Interior and Local Government has already dismissed 13 police officers to date, all for this simple duty neglect.
On the totality of the drug problem, Inspector Santos, who represented Director Ingking during the weekly forum, admitted that it has become a problem no amount of police enforcement could solve alone.
He then urged community to stop ignoring the “social cancer” and inform the policy about ant suspected illegal activity.
With the porous boundaries police need to guard against the shipment of drugs on board small sea crafts, Santos said the police would treat any information confidential.
The police hotline manned 24 hours a day, Santos said, is 0915-318-1146. (rachiu/PIA)
