Manila, Sept. 29 -- More than 8,000 police officers have expressed intention to be reassigned in places near their residence as part of the Philippine National Police's (PNP) localization program.
Based on data from the Directorate for Personnel and Records Management (DPRM) released late Monday, a total of 8,561 personnel have signified intention to be reassigned in their places of residence but only 7,410 Police Non-Commissioned Officers have qualified for the program.
Among reassignment requests, 4,742 personnel have signified to transfer to National Capital Region, 841 police officers to Calabarzon, 475 personnel to Central Luzon, 475 cops wanted to go back to the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region, while other regions got less than 200 loc...