DAVAO CITY – Davao City Police Office (DCPO) Director Sr. Superintendent Alexander Tagum led personnel in submitting to a surprise drug test conducted by the Regional Crime Laboratory on Thursday.
Tagum said it was a compliance to Camp Crame’s directive’s on Internal Cleansing Strategy.
The 216 personnel, including the City Public Safety Company, were the first batch to undergo the drug test among the DCPO’s total of 1,895 personnel.
“The surprise drug test is also to ensure that no one among the officers and men of the DCPO are engaging in any illegal drug activity,” Tagum said.
The drug testing, conducted at Camp Domingo Leonor lasted until afternoon, was the first under Tagum’s leadership.
While he is still waiting for the results, Tagum said that officers found positive on the test will face criminal and administrative sanctions.
“Immediately they will be relieved from their present assignment and assigned to Admin Holding Center while undergoing a pre-charge investigation that will ultimately lead to his dismissal from the police service,” he said. (Rhoda Grace Saron/PNA)
