Policy adjustments imperative to prevent repeat of PDEA-PNP 'misencounter' - Lacson

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Senator Panfilo Lacson on Sunday urged the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) to conduct an in-depth probe into the “misencounter” between the Philippine National Police (PNP) and the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) operatives, saying policy adjustments may be needed to prevent a repea

Lacson said he finds it unacceptable that drug syndicates may have played on the police and PDEA agents leading to the deadly shootout at the parking lot of a fast-food restaurant in Quezon City last Wednesday.

The former PNP chief said he is also not discounting the possibility that the two agencies were tipped off by a single informant, not necessarily one person but two individuals coming from one syndicate. Lacson said one policy adjustment he can recommend would involve allowing PDEA to oversee anti-drug operations and to focus on intelligence work while leaving assault operations to specially trained police personnel.

 

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