Albayalde wants SAF to handle police training

Incoming Philippine National Police (PNP) chief Director Oscar Albayalde on Wednesday said he wants the elite Special Action Force (SAF) to handle the training of policemen.

"Kung puwedeng i-handle ito ng SAF mas maganda, but then we need a bigger facility and better facility," Albayalde said.

The current National Capital Region Police Office chief also proposed the establishment of a school which could standardize the training of the police force, saying that as a former SAF commando he has witnessed the discipline of policemen assigned in the elite unit.

"Kung pwede nga we would like to create one big school para ma-standardize 'yung aming training, dahil ako nanggaling ako sa Special Action Force. I stayed there for five years sa SAF so nakita ko na iba naman talaga 'yung pag-uugali, 'yung training, 'yung skills, 'yung discipline ng ating mga pulis na naka-assign sa SAF even before during our PC (Philippine Constabulary) days," Albayalde said.

"I think itong advocacy natin, we share the same advocacy with our SILG (Secretary of the Interior and Local Government) even with chief Bato, kailangan natin siguro ma-improve and we'll have a standard training for all PNP recruits," he added.

President Rodrigo Duterte on April 5 announced during an awarding ceremony in Malacañang that Albayalde would succeed Ronald "Bato" Dela Rosa as head of the PNP.

"Albayalde is the man for you. The stricter, the better," Duterte said.

Albayalde is set to take over the PNP helm on April 19. He will retire on November 8, 2019. —KBK, GMA News