“Drunk”cop challenges superior to a fistfight

A policeman who was accused of firing an M-16 rifle inside a cockpit last year in Tabuelan town is in trouble again after he was allegedly found to be drunk while on duty.

SPO1 Victor Agang is now facing charges for serious neglect of duty, oral defamation and insubordination after he allegedly challenged a superior officer to a fistfight in the Cebu City Police Office guardhouse last Wednesday night.

Senior Insp. Crisanto Duque, in his one-page report to CPPO chief Carmelo Valmoria, said he saw Agang display his .45 cal. pistol “in an arrogant manner” that “created fear and panic to people who went inside the camp”.

“SPO1 Agang was found by the officer of the day to have been under the influence of liquor while on duty,” Duque also said in his report.

Prior to the incident, a certain John Sanchez brought Duque from JY Square to the CPPO headquarters.  When they arrived at the headquarters, Agang who was holding his gun approached Duque saying: “Unsa may akong sala sir?”

Duque is in charge of personnel who have been relieved of the duties and assigned to the CPPO headquarters.

So Duque told Agang to calm down, holster his gun and rest.  But instead of calming down Agang told him: “Ikaw gud sir, unsa may gusto nimo?”

Duque went inside his office to avoid trouble and end the discussion, but Sanchez, who was stuck in the muddy area of the camp, saw Agang approach him holding his gun.  But nothing happened and Sanchez was able to drive out of the camp.

At about 11 p.m., Duque decided to disarm Agang and bring him to the PNP Crime Laboratory for a liquor test but Agang resisted and instead challenged him to a fistfight.

“Buang ka, unsa may imong gusto, dili ko pa liquor test kay mo-konsulta pa ko ako abugado!” Duque quoted Agang as shouting.

After another attempt to disarm him, Agang jumped over the fence at the back the provincial police headquarters.

Agang, whose present whereabouts are unknown, may be facing dismissal if found guilty of the charges against him. 

He was relieved from the Tabuelan police last year and assigned to the headquarters after that incident in the cockpit.  — Garry B. Lao/BRP