PNP respects survey of Pinoys opinion on slain drug suspects

The Philippine National Police respects the findings of a pollster's survey showing that majority of Filipinos believe many of those killed in anti-illegal drugs operations did not resist the police.  

In an interview on Radyo dzBB on Saturday, PNP spokesman Chief Superintendent Dionardo Carlos said  that the police organization respects the results of the Social Weather Stations' survey last June, but the police looks at it as a challenge.

According to the SWS survey, 63 percent of Filipinos believe that many of drug suspects killed in police operations had surrendered but were still killed anyway. 

"Isa itong hamon sa mga pulis na i-present namin ang aming datos ng maayos. Ilalagay namin sa social media --Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, at iba pa --ang mga datos sa mga krimen na nirespondehan ng ating mga pulis para makita ng buong bayan ang buong datos," Carlos said.

But he also emphasized the sacrifices of police personnel in fighting criminality.

"Sana makita rin ng ating mga kababayan ang sakripisyo ng mga pulis. Anong itatawag mo sa sa 85 na mga pulis at sundalo na napatay sa anti-illegal drugs operations?"

Also, he said that a total of "204 police operatives were critically wounded in such operations." —LBG, GMA News