The Philippine National Police (PNP) relieved three police chiefs in Central Luzon for their failure to bring down crimes in their areas under the agency’s anticrime drive, dubbed as “Lambat Sibat.”
Supt. Marcos Rivero of Marilao Municipal Police Station (MPS) in Bulacan, Senior Insp. Marlo Dangarang of Abucay police station in Bataan and Supt. Rechie Duldulao of San Fernando City Police Station in Pampanga were relieved of their positions by Chief Supt. Ronald Santos, officer in charge of the Police Regional Office 3.
PNP Spokesman Senior Supt. Bartolome Tobias said Santos removed the three police chiefs from their posts after they failed to meet the requirement of Lambat Sibat.
The performance of the three police stations were audited under the PNP’s anticriminality campaign by the PNP Directorate for Investigation and Detective Management and PNP Directorate for Operations, led by Director Ricardo Marquez.
During the weekly Lambat Sibat command conference in Camp Olivas, Marquez also identified police officers in station levels who have shown remarkable performances for commendation and the names of those who fell short of expectations for the past 11 weeks of Lambat Sibat.
Meanwhile, Santos said crime incidents in Central Luzon have decreased by almost 30 percent with strict implementation of Lambat Sibat.
“The gains from intensified anticriminality efforts should be passed down to the stations to inspire police officers to work harder, with the assurance that their efforts will also yield good results,” Santos said.
The Lambat Sibat was replicated from the success of “Oplan Lambat-Sibat” in the National Capital Region Police Office (NCRPO), which was formulated by Interior Secretary Manuel Roxas II for the PNP to have a “deliberate, programmatic and sustained” approach in fighting criminality.
Since Oplan Lambat-Sibat was implemented by the NCRPO, crimes in Metro Manila was reduced by more than 60 percent as of mid-May 2015, with only 130 average crime incidents a week from 333 incidents per week in June 2014.
The anticrime drive is now being duplicated by other police offices around the country.