SECTOR: Drugs and Crime
SONA YEAR: 2023
penalize unscrupulous law enforcers
PROMISE STATUS - DATE: In progress as of 07/12/2024
- According to Marcos, 177 police officers have been charged for wrongdoings during anti-drug operations – such as planting of evidence, unlawful arrest and excessive violence – since the start of his administration.
- But VERA Files Fact Check noted in March that there have only been two known court convictions on erring cops during anti-drug raids. Last month, another case led to the conviction of four cops during a 2016 drug bust killing, making it the third.