QCPD exec, 2 others relieved from posts after detainee sneaked out of jail

The Quezon City Police District (QCPD) on Tuesday said the head of its Criminal Investigation and Detection Unit (CIDU) and two other personnel have been relieved from their posts.

In a press conference, the QCPD said CIDU chief Police Major Don Don Lapitan, a jailer, and a desk officer were relieved from their posts after a person under police custody (PUPC) was able to sneak out of detention.

“Last Friday, si District Director po ay naka-receive ng isang information na meron pong lumalabas na isang PUPC. Immediately po, nag-conduct po tayo agad ng validation at in-interview natin yung chief nila si Major Lapitan,” QCPD deputy director for administration Police Colonel Randy Glenn Silvio said.

(Last Friday, the District Director received information that a PUPC had been released. We immediately conducted a validation and interviewed their chief, Major Lapitan.)

“Inamin naman po niya na meron nga raw pong nilabas na isang PUPC. At right now, nagco-conduct po ng tayo ng investigation at ni-relieved po natin lahat ng duty kasama po si Major Lapitan,” he added.

(He admitted that a PUPC had indeed been released. And right now, we are conducting an investigation and we have relieved all of our duties, including Major Lapitan.)

According to Silvio, the female detainee, together with a cop, went to a hotel to meet her family. The PUPC was then brought back to the detention facility.

The concerned detainee was implicated in a qualified theft case, according to the QCPD. — BAP, GMA Integrated News