MANILA, Philippines — Police officers should turn in their issued firearms when they are on off-duty status, Senator Panfilo Lacson said Monday as he urged the Philippine National Police (PNP) to “show no mercy” to the policeman who shot dead a mother and her son in Tarlac.
“If what’s on video tells the whole story, I enjoin the Philippine National Police leadership to show no mercy. They should spare no effort to make sure that he rots in jail. He’s the last policeman that they need in the force,” Lacson, a former PNP chief, said in a statement.
“As a policy recommendation, policemen should turn in their issued firearms to their unit’s armorer or supply officer when on off-duty …
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