Top women cops cited

Ten outstanding women of the Philippines were feted in a ceremony at the PNP headquarters in Camp Crame on October 12, 2016. JULLIANE LOVE DE JESUS/INQUIRER.net

The Philippine National Police on Wednesday hailed the achievements of its female personnel  in the persons of the Ten Outstanding Policewomen of the Philippines (TOPWP) for this year.

Five commissioned and five noncommissioned female officers were awarded trophies, certificates, P30,000 in cash, a 9-mm pistol and gifts from sponsors of the search.

“Once again, this has proven that in the world of law enforcement—that is of course dominated by men— women are fast making a difference as they continue to achieve extraordinary feats in the service of country and people,” Director Ramon Apolinario, chief of the PNP directorial staff, said in his speech at the award ceremonies at Camp Crame,

Quezon City.

Apolinario said that in the present times, including in the police service, “the work of men can be easily done by women.” He said the achievements of the policewomen contributed to maintaining the PNP’s good image.

The awardees were Supt. Criselda de Guzman, deputy chief of police for operations of the Muntinlupa City police station; Supt. Elizabeth Velasquez, chief of police community relations and public information officer of the PNP-Highway Patrol Group; Insp. Anjanette Tirador, chief of the investigation unit of the Tagum City police; Insp. Jenelyn Kiwingan, officer in charge of the municipal police station in Calanasan, Apayao;

Insp. Sheryl Bautista, assistant team leader of the Regional Anti-Human Trafficking Task Force in PNP-Central Visayas and concurrent assistant chief of intelligence operation of the regional intelligence division; PO3 Aileen Catugas, chief pre-charge investigator at the Pangasinan provincial police investigation and detective management branch; PO3 Abigail Rayala of the women and children’s protection desk of the Oas, Albay, police station;

PO3 Maricar Anastacio of the police community relations branch and WCPD of the Guiguinto, Bulacan municipal police station; PO2 Lalaine Rosales Castro of the Family, Juvenile, Gender and Development (FJGAD) office of the Eastern Visayas regional police community relations division; and PO1 Haidelyn Arevalo of the police community relations branch of the Aroroy, Masbate, police station.