Sinas eyes appointing more female PNP execs

Philippine National Police (PNP) chief Gen. Debold Sinas said he considers appointing more female cops as field commanders and regional and district directors.

“We will evaluate their skills and capabilities for the posts,” he said in a text message to The STAR.

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In 2009, a policewoman was appointed as commander of a large unit for the first time. Lina Sarmiento served as the director of the Eastern Police District but only for five days. She was reassigned to the Police Security and Protection Group.

Sinas has been known for his programs to empower women in the police force. Before he was appointed as the new PNP chief, he assigned Col. Angela Rejano as Malabon’s police chief.

He also established an all-women police precinct in Bonifacio Global City in Taguig City while serving as the National Capital Region Police Office director.

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When he was the director of the Central Visayas PNP, Sinas also had an all-female police station in the town of Maria in Siquijor.

Sinas earlier said female cops should be given a chance to lead operational units instead of being restricted to administrative tasks in the male-dominated police force.

“I have proven it, and they are also good in investigation and supervising our people,” he said.

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Sinas eyes appointing more female PNP execs

In 2019, Senior Supt. Bernard Banac, the PNP spokesperson, said 83.4 percent of the 180,767 PNP uniformed personnel are male, and the remaining 16.6 percent, female.

Meanwhile, on Monday, the House of Representatives approved on second reading the bill that would expand the prohibited acts of  against  based on their sex in the workplace.

The lawmakers voted and approved House Bill No. 7722, amending Presidential Decree No. 442, or the Labor Code of the Philippines.

Under the measure, considered acts of discrimination against women on account of their sex are the following:

  • favoring a male employee over a female employee with respect to assignment, promotion, training opportunities, study and scholarship grants, whether actual or presumed,
  • favoring a male employee over a female employee with respect to the dismissal of personnel or the application of any retrenchment policy of the employer, whether actual or presumed, and
  • deny any woman the benefits of employment or other statutory benefits under the law on the basis of her sex.