Manila, Oct. 21 -- More than 2,800 Philippine National Police (PNP) personnel have been dismissed while more than 6,300 others were meted with administrative sanctions since 2016 as part of the organization's internal cleansing program, PNP officer-in-charge Lt. Gen. Archie Francisco Gamboa said on Monday.
"As I have promised last week, we are sharing with you the significant highlights of the PNP Internal Cleansing Program since 2016 to inform the public how dead serious the PNP is in running after rogues in uniform," Gamboa told reporters after his first Monday flag ceremony as officer-in-charge.
For the period July 2016 until September 20, 2019, Gamboa said a total of 9,172 PNP or roughly 4.7 percent of the total number of PNP personne...