Rookie cops in Ifugao return found bag with cash

LA TRINIDAD, Benguet -  Two rookie cops in Ifugao returned a shoulder bag containing cash  amounting to P14,546 and other valuable documents and keys which they found while on patrol in Lagawe, Ifugao’s capital.

The rookie cops - Police Officers 1 Dan Mariano and Wilson M. Dimalnat -   from the Ifugao Public Sagety Company of the Ifugao police were on foot patrol in front of a gasoline station in Poblacion East, Lagawe when they chanced on the  bag with the items.

The duo then turned over the item to their commander, Supt. Brent Madjaco, to be inventoried and  to track the owner of the  bag.

Found inside the bag were P14, 546.00, a senior citizen I.D., two 2x2 ID pictures, a hospital consultation card and a number of keys.

It was also found out that the bag is owned by a Mrs. Felomena Pugong from Pawikan, Poblacion East, Lagawe, Ifugao.

The Cordillera Police Command said the action of the two rookie cops shows the kind of policemen in and the kind of service they give in the highlands.

Cordillera police director Chief Supt. Benjamin Magalong  expressed delight as the Cordillera police bagged this year the best among 14 regions in the country in terms of the Integrated Transformation Program (ITP), the roadmap of the country’s police force toward shedding its old bad image.

In 2012, the Cordillera Police placed last in the ITP list.