GENERAL SANTOS CITY — An award for extraordinary bravery performed in the line of duty awaits the police officer wounded in an operation against a suspected “bomb-maker” of the Islamic State-inspired Maute Group in a village here on Monday.
Police Regional Office 12 (Soccsksargen) Director Chief Supt. Marcelo Morales said Police Officer 3 Jerry Feo showed commitment and courage in his willingness to risk his own life just to fulfill his oath as a law enforcer.
Feo’s actions also showed that PRO-12 personnel are courageous and dedicated to serve the region’s constituents, Morales said.
“He devotedly performed his mandate to the people with great amount of gallantry. Such character is worthy of emulation from the rest of our personnel in the PNP (Philippine National Police),” he said.
Feo, a warrant officer of the Regional Mobile Force-12, was wounded after suspect Najib Calimba Pundug alias Najib Hussein, opened fire at joint operatives during the dawn raid at his safehouse in Barangay Fatima.
Other operatives immediately retaliated, fatally hitting the suspect who was cornered inside the house.
Feo, who was the first operative who entered the house, sustained four gunshot wounds on his back and is currently recuperating at the General Santos Medical Center.
Morales said PRO-12 will shoulder the cost of Feo’s hospitalization and other required treatment and provide the latter with additional financial assistance.
“We will give him all the necessary support to ensure his complete recovery. He is one of a kind and definitely deserves it,” he said. (PNA)
