{"id":20502,"date":"2026-06-22T01:10:24","date_gmt":"2026-06-21T17:10:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/?p=20502"},"modified":"2026-06-22T01:11:18","modified_gmt":"2026-06-21T17:11:18","slug":"2-active-duty-cops-arrested-for-rape-domestic-abuse-abuse","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/2026\/06\/22\/2-active-duty-cops-arrested-for-rape-domestic-abuse-abuse\/","title":{"rendered":"2 ACTIVE-DUTY COPS ARRESTED FOR RAPE, DOMESTIC ABUSE CHARGES"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><span style=\"font-style: revert-layer; font-weight: revert-layer;\">TWO policemen facing rape and domestic abuse charges \u00a0on Saturday were arrested by operatives of the Philippine National Police Integrity Monitoring and Enforcement Group (PNP-IMEG) in separate operations in Quezon City and Davao del Norte.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>The arrests were part of the Philippine National Police\u2019s (PNP\u2019s) stepped-up effort to account for misfits and scalawags in the police service.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"font-style: revert-layer; font-weight: revert-layer;\">Based on a report to PNP chief Gen. Jose Melencio C. Nartatez Jr., the first suspect was arrested inside a hotel on Don Alejandro A. Roces Avenue in Bgy. Paligsahan in Quezon City.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>The suspect, a Police Staff Sergeant assigned with the Police Security and Protection Group, was placed under arrest on the strength of a warrant for rape issued by a Taguig City Regional Trial Court, with no bail recommended.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"font-style: revert-layer; font-weight: revert-layer;\">The arrested cop was brought to the PNP-IMEG headquarters for documentation and processing prior to his turnover to the court for issuance of official jail commitment order.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"font-style: revert-layer; font-weight: revert-layer;\">The second suspect, a Patrolman assigned at the Police Regional Office 11, was arrested by PNP-IMEG operatives in Sto. Tomas, Davao del Norte.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>The arrest was based on a warrant for violation of Republic Act 9262 or the Anti-Violence Against Women and their Children Act of 2004 issued by a local Family Court.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"font-style: revert-layer; font-weight: revert-layer;\">The PNP-IMEG officers were assisted by operatives from the PNP Criminal Investigation and Detection Group, the Regional Intelligence Unit and the PRO11 in arresting the accused.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"font-style: revert-layer; font-weight: revert-layer;\">Following the arrest of the two active-duty cops <\/span><\/strong><strong>Nartatez. has ordered a stricter crackdown against erring members of the PNP.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u201cLet these simultaneous arrests serve as a stern warning that our badge and our uniform will never be a shield against the law, and the Philippine National Police will aggressively hunt down anyone within our ranks who believes they can evade accountability,\u201d Nartatez said in a statement on Sunday.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Nartatez also directed the filing of administrative charges against the involved PNP personnel in accordance with PNP rules and regulations.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>TWO policemen facing rape and domestic abuse charges &nbsp;on Saturday were arrested by operatives of the Philippine National Police Integrity Monitoring and Enforcement Group (PNP-IMEG)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":20503,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[5,17],"tags":[],"featured_image_urls":{"full":["https:\/\/www.journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/pnp-badge.jpg",482,400,false],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/www.journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/pnp-badge-150x150.jpg",150,150,true],"medium":["https:\/\/www.journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/pnp-badge-300x249.jpg",300,249,true],"medium_large":["https:\/\/www.journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/pnp-badge.jpg",482,400,false],"large":["https:\/\/www.journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/pnp-badge.jpg",482,400,false],"1536x1536":["https:\/\/www.journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/pnp-badge.jpg",482,400,false],"2048x2048":["https:\/\/www.journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/pnp-badge.jpg",482,400,false],"kreeti-slider-full":["https:\/\/www.journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/pnp-badge.jpg",482,400,false],"kreeti-featured":["https:\/\/www.journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/pnp-badge.jpg",482,400,false],"kreeti-medium":["https:\/\/www.journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/pnp-badge.jpg",482,400,false],"kreeti-medium-square":["https:\/\/www.journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/pnp-badge-350x350.jpg",350,350,true]},"author_info":{"info":["admin"]},"category_info":"<a href=\"https:\/\/www.journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/category\/national\/\" rel=\"category tag\">National<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/category\/top-news\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Top News<\/a>","tag_info":"Top News","comment_count":"0","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20502"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=20502"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20502\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":20505,"href":"https:\/\/www.journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20502\/revisions\/20505"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/20503"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=20502"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=20502"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=20502"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}