LAST April 3, news reports said that three upperclassmen had committed hazing against 22 first year cadets (plebes) of the Philippine National Police Academy (PNPA). The physical harm inflicted was not merely to test the cadets’ endurance but constituted vicious assaults and senseless violence, such as hitting them with blunt objects, and pouring a mixture of drain cleaner and muriatic acid onto the victims’ bodies and private parts.