Good cop to receive recognition

TACLOBAN CITY – Amid negative report recently against a law enforcer who was involved in a robbery hold-up of an P8.2 million fund of the Department of Social Welfare and Development, the Sangguniang Panlalawigan of Leyte is set to give recognition to a law enforcer assigned at Camp Ruperto Kangleon, Campetic, Palo, Leyte.

The recognition is set to be given to P02 Roel Naputo, after he returned the wallet of Board Member and Majority Floor Leader Carlo Loreto who went to the PNP Regional Office as member of the screening committee for aspirant law enforcers.

According to Loreto’s account, he did not notice that his wallet containing an amount of P20,000 slipped from his pocket.

He only learned about it when he was in a store and about to pay.

Loreto added that after a moment the law enforcer arrives, riding his motorcycle and giving him his lost wallet.

The deed of Naputo, according to Loreto, needs to be given with recognition to set as an example to other policemen and to let other people know that policemen could still be trusted.

“I think we should let everybody know about his deed because in most of the time, bad acts of policemen are the only one being highlighted,” Loreto said.

Board Member Rolando Piamonte, who is a former police officer, the deed of Naputo only shows that there are still good policemen in the service.

He added that discipline had long been part of law enforcers training that helps to mold them into a good public servant.

“We always appreciate the good works of law enforcers, however we have law enforcers who get involved in criminal activities, but they are only few of them, we still have lots of good law enforcers,” said Piamonte.

Piamonte added that even there are only few law enforcers, who got involved in criminal activities most of the time they are the one highlighted as media in the country are more on reporting bad news than good news.

“I hope that there will come a time that news about law enforcers are center on their good deed and not on their involvement in criminal activity because there are only few scalawags in service,” he added.