Exclusive - San Francisco Police Does Want To Work With PNP Anymore Because Of Drug War!

The San Francisco Bay Area Police Department (SFDP) will end their training program with the Philippine National Police (PNP) after 16 years because of their concerns on the war against drugs.

"Our nation [the Philippines] is in turmoil and trouble and it just gets worse and worse. Economically, because of this controversy, it affects every segment of making us a better nation and better people," retired Filipino-American Police Lieutenant Eric Quema told local San Francisco CBS affiliate KPIX.

According to their statement,they decided to end the program because of concerns about allegations of civil rights violations in the Philippines.

The joint program began last 1999 and was organized by the Filipino-American Law Enforcement Officers Association (FALEO).

Besides equipment, enforcement and rescue training, the program consists of lectures, dialogues and turnover of new and second-hand equipment to the PNP.

Since President Rodrigo Duterte's promised war against drugs, there have been more than 3,500 people killed, and convinced over 700,000 drug users and pushers to surrender.

Over 1,100 of those deaths so far are suspects killed in police operations, while the rest were killed by unknown killers.

According to the PNP's numbers, around 20,000 have been arrested nationwide due to drug charges.

In 2010, members of the Bay Area Rapid Transit Police, the California Department of Justice/Bureau of Narcotic Enforcement and the San Francisco District Attorney's Investigation Bureau joined the exchange program.

Duterte announced an 'economic and military' separation from the US but clarified that he was not 'severing' diplomatic ties.