Section 71Sec./Art. 71

Request for Preventive Suspension. – The PLEB may ask any authorized superior to impose preventive suspension against a subordinate police officer who is the subject of a complaint lasting up to a period as may be allowed under the law. A request for preventive suspension shall not be denied by the superior officer in the following cases:

a) when the respondent refuses to heed the PLEB's summons or subpoena;

b) when the PNP personnel has been charged with offenses involving bodily harm or grave threats,

c) when the respondent is in a position to tamper with the evidence; andlawphil.net

d) when the respondent is in a position to unduly influence the witnesses.

Any superior who fails to act on any request for suspension without valid grounds shall be held administratively liable for serious neglect of duty.

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