Caloocan chief of police sacked over 'unsolved incidents'

National Capital Region Police Office Director Oscar Albayalde has ordered the relief of the chief of Caloocan City Police Senior Superintendent Jemar Modequillo due to an "unsolved series of incidents in his area."

In September last year, Modequillo replaced Senior Superintendent Chito Bersaluna, who was relieved from his post following the involvement of Caloocan City policemen on the death of 17-year-old Kian Loyd delos Santos on August 16.

It was under the leadership of Modequillo when the case files on the killing of teenagers Delos Santos and Carl Angelo Arnaiz were "most likely" burned after a blaze hit the Caloocan City Police headquarters in November last year.

Last year, 1,076 policemen from Caloocan City were relieved over various controversies and underwent retraining, which 104 of them failed.

Over the past several weeks, Caloocan City has been in the headlines over several incidents including the killing of two people, one of them a minor, in Barangay 176; the dumping of two dead bodies in Barangay 129; the successive killing of two men in two different computer shops in one night; and the ambush of a Bureau of Customs broker inside his own car, among others.

Commanders of Manila Police District (MPD) Station 11 and Quezon City Police District (QCPD) Station 10 were also relieved from their respective posts over different issues.

MPD Station 11 commander Superintendent Amante Daro was relieved from his post due to unresolved cases which include the shooting incident inside a shopping mall in Divisoria, Manila.

"Problema kasi ng mga 'yan kahit konting effort man lang na-inform ako, wala!" Albayalde said.

Senior Superintendent Restituto Arcangel will take over as officer-in-charge of the Caloocan City Police while Superintendent Julius Domingo as officer-in-charge of MPD Station 11.

Meanwhile, QCPD Station 10 commander Superintendent Christian dela Cruz has also been relieved from his post "for having a filthy station."

PNP chief Director General Ronald "Bato" Dela Rosa after the accounting of personnel in the QCPD headquarters at Camp Karingal last week stopped in front of Station 10 along EDSA and even berated the cops to keep their surroundings clean.  —NB, GMA News