manila head philippines anti-narcotics agency friday warn reduce intensity country war drug removal police campaign hop would temporary unit lack manpower philippine drug enforcement agency pdea chief aaron aquino say fraction personnel budget police hop president rodrigo duterte decision make agency responsible operations would last know public high expectations ask public understand limitations say radio interview hope temporary arrangement need police amid unprecedented scrutiny police conduct mercurial duterte issue memorandum tuesday order police withdraw authorities say shift strategy go big drug syndicate national police chief ronald dela rosa friday say police could focus efforts catch mysterious gunmen assassinate drug users disprove allegations human right group police behind kill police say kill 3,900 people anti-drugs operations past 15 months deny allegations activists many executions police say use deadly force case suspect arm resist arrest tirade thursday load profanity aim foreign domestic critics duterte say deaths pdea operations far less police hop bleed hearts would satisfy decision pdea aquino say public might notice slowdown operations plan ask big budget add 1,000-1,500 agents year 2022 add unrealistic expect pdea fight problem small number pdea 2,000 personnel 1,100 agents compare 175,000 police nationwide amid anger high-profile kidnap murder case involve police duterte suspend police drug war january put pdea charge reinstate police soon say drug flood back streets interview cnn philippines police chief dela rosa suggest duterte shift strategy might response opinion poll show public unease crackdown survey sunday show significant slide duterte rat another one different pollster release friday show still hugely popular dela rosa say police win campaign cut drug supply make 113,000 arrest convince say 1.3 million people surrender however say total victory say police would concentrate stop shadowy gunmen motorcycle kill drug users police often describe vigilante murder kill among 2,600 murder since july last year police believe may drug-related people think also policemen want people stop arrest dela rosa say intensify intelligence maximize police visibility stop criminals shoot shoot target philippine anti-narcotics chief warn drug war slowdown police target assassins