Eleazar to re-implement DR System in the PNP
Eleazar to re-implement DR System in the PNP
PNP Chief PGEN Guillermo
Eleazar has approved a Memorandum dated June 4, 2021, directing all Chiefs of
Police and Heads of Offices to re-implement the Delinquency Report (DR) System
against erring PNP personnel.
What is Delinquency Report (DR) System?
The DR System is a preventive mechanism aimed to reduce the occurrence of PNP personnel misbehavior by introducing on-the-spot corrections, thereby eliminating or at least minimizing the reasons for such wrongdoing, and to remind and instill proper decorum in all PNP members at all times.
The system aims
to expedite the implementation of corrective measures against PNP personnel who
commit minor infractions and breaches of discipline, to improve the overall
state of discipline within the PNP without resorting to the lengthy and
time-consuming process of summary proceedings.
List of Covered
Offenses and Corresponding Demerits with Fatigue Duty Hours
Who can report?
Any Police Commissioned Officer (PCO) or Police Non-Commissioned Officer (PNCO) who witnesses an infraction requiring internal discipline may cite/report the minor offense to their respective Chiefs of Offices/Units and conduct on-the-spot correction.
The sanction
for accumulating demerits is to perform fatigue duty hours within the office or
on the premises of a camp.
It’s unclear
whether fatigue duty hours are an adequate discipline that doesn’t cross the
line into involuntary servitudes.