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PNP relieves all 50 cops of Bamban police station
All 50 police personnel of the Bamban Municipal Police Station in Tarlac have been relieved as part of an investigation into alleged neglect of duty concerning illegal POGO activities.
The entire police force, from the top down, will be investigated by the Police Regional Office 3 (Central Luzon) to determine why the POGO operated in the area without their monitoring.
The Ombudsman ordered the preventive suspension of Bamban Mayor Alice Guo and two other town officials on May 31 due to strong evidence of guilt.
Mayor Guo was previously linked to the illegal POGO operation after an electric bill and a vehicle registered in her name were found at a raided POGO establishment.
The relieved officers will undergo the Focused Reformation and Reorientation and Moral Enhancement for Police Officers (FORM) program in Subic, Zambales.
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