Good advice florgeI agree.. there are law enforcers who are milking money out of you. I heard stories of that from my sister... one of her clients were charged with illegal possession of cable wires (the one used by Meralco), raided his house (not his warehouse where the wires should have been.. duh!) and arrested him when he got home. The reason was, he has a vault in his house and the police took it, saying that it was money from the sale of the cable wires. My sister and her firm ended up filing a suit against the entire police precint. The chief officer got sacked and the rest of them have admin cases filed against them.
Oh, that gives me an idea. Why don't you go to NAPOLCOM (National Police Commission) and file a complaint against the arresting officers. A little help from media will also come in handy. That's what my sister did for her client... hehehehe... they want to play rough and dirty right, so give them that too... I read in one of the threads here that your sister is a journalist? Use the power of the media.
One more thing, don't give any more bribes. Cut that down and go for the legal means. You can ask the help also of DILG and the CHR. This would be a very hot topic for CHR (Commission on Human Rights) as they have been filing cases against the police left and right.![]()