2 Marikina cops face charges over alleged rape of policewoman — NAPOLCOM

The National Police Commission (NAPOLCOM) formally filed Thursday administrative charges against two cops in Marikina City over the alleged rape of a policewoman.

At a press conference, NAPOLCOM vice chairperson and executive officer Ralph Calinisan said a probable cause was seen in the complaint.

“Yung isang 'di umano'y rape ng isang patrolwoman sa Marikina, kung saan kakasuhan ang dalawang pulis for grave misconduct and conduct unbecoming of a police officer,” Calinisan said.

(In the alleged rape of a patrolwoman in Marikina, two police officers will be charged for grave misconduct and conduct unbecoming of a police officer.)

“Ito ay aakyat sa Legal Affairs Service natin kung saan tutuloy na ngayon ang kaso. Ito ay magkakaroon ng ilang hearing at dadalhin sa en banc kung saan hahatulan ng exoneration o kaya ng iba pang penalties ang mga naturang nakasuhang police officers,” he added.

(This will be escalated to our Legal Affairs Service where the case will now proceed. This will have several hearings and will be brought to the en banc where the accused police officers will be sentenced with exoneration or other penalties.)

On August 17, a police staff sergeant and a patrolman invited the victim to have coffee but they brought her to a different place where the alleged abuse took place.

“Yung victim is also on duty. Niyaya magkape ng dalawa. Noong sumama sa mobile, instead na magkape, pumunta somewhere, nag-park. Then nangyari yun,” Eastern Police District head Police Brigadier General Aden Lagradante earlier said.

(The victim is also on duty. She was invited by the two cops for coffee. When she went with them on a mobile, instead of having coffee, she was brought somewhere, and the vehicle was parked. Then, the incident happened.)

The two implicated cops were placed under preventive custody.

Due to command responsibility, the chief of police in Marikina City was also administratively relieved from his post amid the probe.

On August 27, a criminal complaint for sexual assault and acts of lasciviousness was filed against the two suspects. — RSJ, GMA Integrated News