PNP News Releases 2005

35 COPS FINISH REFORM SCHOLL OLONGAPO CITY

Thirty-five policemen have completed a re-training program on personnel leadership at the PNP Reformatory School at the Subic Bay Metropolitan Authority (SBMA).

PNP Chief, Director General Edgar B Aglipay personally officiated the graduation ceremonies of the 35 policemen, all from the National Capital Region Police Office (NCRPO).

According to Aglipay, the month-long re-training, which started on September 10, was designed to help the students build God-centered, service-oriented and family-based lives-- the core values introduced by the PNP Chief upon his assumption to office.

Aglipay himself noted that almost all students lost weight, some as much as 15 to 20 pounds, and have experienced a change in their personal outlook and atitude. For a month, the students were given back-basics instruction on discipline, leadership in the PNP, family and community, and rigorous team training exercises, with each day of the training starting and ending with a prayer.

The PNP Chief emphasized that the course is “not a punishment but a re-training program to correct their mistakes and remind them of how they are supposed to conduct themselves as law enforcers and public servants.” Senior Superintendent Samson Tucay, Executive Officer of the Directorate for Human Resource and Doctrine Development (DHRDD), and Training Director of the Reformatory School said the students were given lectures on the principles of police leadership, empowering decisions to make change, “S” leadership, Christian leadership, purpose–driven life, police ethical standards, personal financial management, and team-building.

Tucay said the students were also given a social immersion mission in Barangay Pag-asa and Barangay Iram, two of the most depressed communities in Olongapo City . This allowed them the opportunity to internalize on the value of servant leadership and know the people whom they are sworn to serve and protect, Tucay said. Upon reporting for re-training in Subic , the students were divested of their cell phones, cash, firearms, and jewelry. Visitors were not allowed so they could focus on their training, Tucay said.