The Police Regional Office-Davao (PRO-11) has confirmed that the security personnel assigned to Senator Ronald Dela Rosa were recalled as their deployment officially ended on September 12, 2024.

These were the four police personnel from the Regional Mobile Force Battalion-Davao (RMFB-11) deployed temporarily to provide security for Dela Rosa during his engagements in Davao.

“Sa PRO-11, naa’y na-detail kay Senator Bato dated April 2, 2024, and then na-terminate siya September 12, 2024, tungod kay si Senator Dela Rosa, nag-request og temporary area security para sa iyang engagement while naga-apply siya for detail of protective security personnel from PSPG (Police Security and Protection Group),” PRO-11 Spokesperson, Major Catherine Dela Rey, said.

PRO-11 said the deployment of police personnel to provide security for Dela Rosa started on April 2, 2024 and was supposed to end on September 12, 2024. However, the police personnel were recalled on March 15, 2025.

The administrative officers of the three maneuver companies of RMFB-11 where the four personnel were assigned were ordered to explain why they were not recalled immediately after their detail ended on September 12, 2024.

“Supposed to be, na-recall na sila atong September 13 kay nahuman na man ang detail on September 12, mao nang gipa-explain karon tong mga admin officer sa mga kompanya kung asa ni sila na-assign nganong wala gi-recall, karon pa na-recall tungod nag-inventory sa tanang PNP personnel,” Dela Rey said.

Dela Rey explained that during an inspection of RMFB-11 personnel as part of election preparations, officials discovered that the four police officers’ deployment should have ended on September 12, 2024.

After the termination of their assignment, there should have been a security detail for the senator from the PSPG.

“After further validation, as per report sa RMFB, it was revealed nga wala na-perform ang ilang assigned task as area security ang kining upat ka personnel, mao to, effective March 15, 2025, gi-recall to silang upat pero ang effectivity sa ilang detail is up to September 12, 2024 lang while waiting si Senator Dela Rosa sa iyang protective security personnel from PSPG,” Dela Rey added.

Dela Rosa posted on social media that the Philippine National Police (PNP) had recalled his security detail and that some retired police officers and soldiers had volunteered as replacements.