Napolcom sacks cop over indecent, immoral posts

MANILA, Philippines — For posting indecent and immoral content on his social media account, a police staff sergeant was dismissed from service by the National Police Commission.

Napolcom vice chairman Rafael Vicente Calinisan said S/Sgt. Alexis Karl Sabater was kicked out of the Philippine National Police (PNP) for willfully and unlawfully posting sexually suggestive and offensive contents on his page.

Calinisan said the Napolcom issued a unanimous en banc decision finding Sabater guilty of conduct unbecoming of a police officer based on the videos uploaded on his social media account.

The videos, uploaded between April to June 2025, showed indecent acts such as holding papers with vulgar slang for sexual intercourse, slapping a woman and forcing her to eat food, simulation of thrusting motions suggesting sexual activity, showing women receiving massages with visible breast exposure and depicting children drinking milk while the policeman consumed beer.

“I ordered a motu proprio investigation. The videos clearly showed insults to the dignity of women. He is a police officer, (he should know better),” Calinisan said in a statement in Filipino.

He added that the former police officer violated provisions under PNP Memorandum Circular 2024-077 which prohibits the unauthorized use of police uniforms in social media content.

In his defense, Sabater said the videos were meant solely for his personal expression and entertainment, stressing it was not his intention to promote immorality or damage the reputation of the police force. 

He said he produced online content to earn extra income for his family and that he already deleted the videos.

The Napolcom struck down Sabater’s arguments, saying the videos were sexually explicit and degrading to women, stressing that public perception and not his comedic intent is the controlling standard.