ESPINA SACKS BUDGET OFFICER OVER DELAYED DISBURSEMENT PNP Officer-in-Charge, Deputy Director General Leonardo A Espina has approved the administrative relief of a police budget officer over allegations of delayed disbursement of food provisions for PNP personnel deployed for security operations during the 5-day State Visit of Pope Francis. Espina acted swiftly and decisively on the recommendation of the PNP Director for Comptrollership to place Police Superintendent Evangeline Martos under administrative relief pending investigation. Martos is erstwhile budget officer of the Police Security and Protection Group (PSPG) a National Support Unit that was tasked to provide close-in security to dignitaries and member of the Papal entourage. On instructions of Espina, Martos will also undergo Pre-Charge Evaluation by the Directorate for Investigation and Detective Management (DIDM). This developed as an investigation into the alleged delay in disbursement of food provisions during the 5-day police operation is still ongoing. PNP Spokesperson, Chief Superintendent Wilben Mayor clarified that the fund support released by the National Headquarters to PNP units involved in the operations was for “food provisions” and not as individual “meal allowance”. “It was not supposed to be given out as cash to police personnel, but was supposed to be allotted as provisions for food for the troops,” Mayor said. However, because of the changes in the deployment plan and the exigency of the situation prompted by the sheer volume of police personnel that was deployed in the Papal Visit events, some Unit Commanders considering further the peculiarities and demands of each area decided to give cash instead. Mayor said that the OIC has already instructed the Directorates for Logistics and Comptrollership to come-up with a plan to provide “standard messing” to PNP Units that will participate in similar police operations in the future including the upcoming Asia-Pacific Economic Forum (APEC) at Clark Freeport. “We hope this plan will become logistics best practices that will form part of logistics management doctrine in the PNP,” Mayor said. (PNP-PIO)
Posted on: Fri, 23 Jan 2015 09:06:19 +0000
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