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Women Now Comprise 10 Percent of PNP
Female cops, who now comprise 10% of the country’s 120,000-strong police force, are being tapped by the Philippine National Police (PNP) to supervise its Women and Children Protection Desks (WCPDs) nationwide, according to Interior and Local Government Secretary Ronnie Puno.
Puno, who is concurrent chairman of the National Police Commission (Napolcom), said female police officers will also oversee the operations of the PNP’s women and children protection centers at the regional, provincial, and city levels.
The PNP has so far established 1,830 WCPDs in all municipalities nationwide.
“All the regional offices of the PNP were requested to complete their Women and Children Protection Regional Centers within a month,” said Puno. “And then from there, we will go to provincial centers and then city centers.”
“The chief of the PNP, Director General Jesus Verzosa and I have placed the establishment of the WCPDs on our priority list of projects for the PNP,” he added.
In the first half of 2008, a total of 3,499 police recruits from the police regional offices, Special Action Force (SAF) and Headquarters Support Services (HSS) were hired by the PNP.
Of these 3,499 recruits, 462 are female representing 13.2% or an average ratio of 1:6 against male appointees.
For the second phase of the PNP’s recruitment program last year, total of 4,775 recruits were sworn into office in December, where 462 or 13.59% are female or also an average ratio of 1:6 against male appointees.
Moreover, 128 graduates of the Philippine National Police Academy (PNPA) in 2008 were appointed as Police Inspectors, of whom 21 are female.
Puno said these WCPDs, which are being established or expanded nationwide in partnership with nongovernment organizations, are the police centers where children and women who have been neglected or physically and mentally abused can turn to for help in bringing to justice the perpetrators of these crimes against them.
The PNP’s goal, he said, is to ensure that these WCPDs are functioning in every municipality as “one-stop shops” for the investigation and treatment of victims of child abuse, violence against women and other similar crimes.
The Women and Children Protection Center in Camp Crame, which is headed by a woman general, Chief Supt. Yolanda Tanigue, has so far established 1,830 WCPDs nationwide staffed with 2,728 female police officers, of whom 1,951 have undergone training on gender sensitivity and the basic investigative skills in handling crimes against women and children.
Among the more prominent cases now being investigated by the WCPC is the complaint filed by actress Yasmien Kurdi against actor Baron Geisler for acts of lasciviousness, sexual harassment and unjust vexation.
Patricia Martinez, the daughter of the actors William Martinez and Yayo Aguila, also filed a complaint for acts of lasciviousness against Geisler last year.
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