Dela Rosa wants ‘kuyog culture’ in PNP to stop bad cops

Rambo Talabong

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Dela Rosa wants ‘kuyog culture’ in PNP to stop bad cops
At a time when police are under fire over glaring irregularities, PNP chief Ronald dela Rosa asks good cops to stand up to bad ones

MANILA, Philippines – Philippine National Police (PNP) chief Director General Ronald dela Rosa has an idea to help cleanse the police force: beginning a “kuyog culture.”

Kuyog in Filipino means “to swarm”, while in Bisaya – Dela Rosa’s native tongue – it means companionship.

“I hope the PNP will develop a culture of ‘yung kuyog ba, kuyog na culture. Kung sino ‘yung nakikita mo na kasamahan mo na gumagawa ng masama, kuyugin ng mababait na pulis,” Dela Rosa told reporters on the sidelines of the PNP promotion ceremony on Wednesday, September 20.

(I hope the PNP will develop a culture of swarming around bad cops. When good cops see their colleagues doing bad things, they should swarm around those cops and stop them.)

Dela Rosa’s appeal to police to be proactive comes at a time when the PNP as an institution is under fire over the recent killings in police operations.

While the PNP invokes the “presumption of regularity” in its operations, cops have been accused of downright murder. (READ: Kian and Carl: What the deaths of two boys have in common)

Dela Rosa likened the presence of bad cops to a “virus” that should be prevented from spreading. To counter this, the PNP chief said, good cops must speak out.

“Kasi there seems… na may ibang kultura na walang pakialam – kahit alam nila ginagawa ng kasamahan nila [ay] masama, walang pakialam,” he said.

(Because there seems to be a culture of indifference – even if they know that what their colleagues are doing is wrong, they don’t care.)

Worse, the top cop said, there are officers who cover the tracks of others who have committed crimes. (READ: Stop planting evidence, Dela Rosa tells cops)

In light of these irregularities, the PNP was forced to sack an entire city police force – the Caloocan City police. They were ordered to undergo retraining and reorientation. – Rappler.com

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Rambo Talabong

Rambo Talabong covers the House of Representatives and local governments for Rappler. Prior to this, he covered security and crime. He was named Jaime V. Ongpin Fellow in 2019 for his reporting on President Rodrigo Duterte’s war on drugs. In 2021, he was selected as a journalism fellow by the Fellowships at Auschwitz for the Study of Professional Ethics.