7 Aurora cops face dismissal for beating up 2 trainees

BALER, Aurora, Philippines  – A police major and six other policemen who were relieved from their post and placed under investigation for allegedly beating up two rookie policemen at the provincial police headquarters here last February, are now facing summary dismissal.

This, after Chief Superintendent Edgardo Ladao, Central Luzon police director, has approved the recommendation to subject them to summary dismissal proceedings.

Facing summary dismissal are Chief Inspector Eric Buenconsejo, PO2 Christopher Soria, and PO1s Jonnelle Valdez, Rafael Dulatre, Runjoe Ramos, Ysrael Doringo, and Chris Evert Lloyd Querijero.

Senior Superintendent Manuel Lukban, chief of the regional investigation and detective management division based at Camp Olivas in Pampanga and concurrent acting Nueva Ecija police director, said Ladao approved the recommendation for a pre-charge evaluation of the seven policemen after finding probable cause against them.

“We found probable cause against them and Director Ladao concurred with our findings,” Lukban said.

He said they based their recommendation on the pictures and medico-legal certificates submitted by the complainants, PO1s Rommel Derit, 31, and Kristian Tenoso, 26.

Lukban said the seven policemen have been afforded due process. He said the summary dismissal proceedings would take 60 days.

The seven policemen were accused of beating up Derit and Tenoso last Feb. 25, 26 and 28 while undergoing training at the provincial police headquarters at Camp Victor Ravina here.

At the time the alleged beatings were committed, Buenconsejo was director while Soria, Valdez, Dulatre and Ramos were members of the PNP committee that supervised the training of the rookie policemen. Doringo and Querijero were assigned with the Provincial Public Safety Company.