‘Tamad’ ringtone mulled to alert PNP officers of overdue cases

The Philippine National Police-Internal Affairs Service plans to install a uniform "tamad" alert tone on its officers' cellphones to alert them of overdue cases that need to be resolved.

During a hearing of the Senate public order and dangerous drugs committee, PNP-IAS chief Alfegar Triambulo said the same mechanism is currently being used in the computers of their officers.

"Mabilis na ngayon ang IAS nasa 40 days lang natatapos na or 30 days kasi nag-aalarm ito. Kapag 'yung sa timeline ng investigator, prosecutor at saka hearing officer, pag hindi nila natapos within the timeline, nag-aalarm po ito. Tuwing mag-open siya [ng computer]," he said.

"I-connect na namin sa cellphone para kapag hindi siya magta-trabaho, pumunta siya sa mall kapag 'yung gamitin niya ang cellphone, mag-aalarm po iyon kasi natulog 'yung kaso. Sasabihin, 'Tamad, tamad, tamad.' Kaya mahiya siya," he added.

Senator Ronald Bato Dela Rosa, chair of the panel conducting the hearing on implementing reforms in the PNP-IAS, commended Triambulo for the project.

"Maganda 'yung best practices ninyo, 'Tamad, tamad, tamad.' Mag-aalarm ang cellphone, so hindi siya makapamasyal ngayon sa mall, babalik siya sa opisina, aayusin ang kaso. Very good," Dela Rosa, a former PNP chief, said.

Under the Republic Act 8551, the IAS was mandated to conduct inspections and audits on PNP personnel and units; investigate complaints and gather evidence in support of an open investigation; and conduct summary hearings on PNP members facing administrative charges, among others.

The pending bills in the Senate seek to strengthen the PNP-IAS by giving it authority to impose disciplinary sanctions against erring PNP personnel.—LDF, GMA News