PNP honors outstanding female cops

• Source: http://news.pia.gov.ph/article/view/241476411496/pnp-honors-outstanding-female-cops
• Friday, October 14, 2016

(PNP/RJB/JEG/PIA-NCR)

QUEZON CITY, Oct. 14 (PIA) – The Philippine National Police (PNP) and the Zonta Club of Makati-Paseo de Roxas honored the Ten Outstanding Policewomen in the Philippines (TOPWP) Wednesday in Camp Crame, Quezon City.

PNP chief Police Director General Ronald Dela Rosa congratulated the winners and thanked the Zonta Club of Makati-Paseo de Roxas for their continuous support and recognition to the organization.

According to the PNP, the winners were selected based on their service record and achievements and result of a panel interview by a board of judges.

The ten outstanding policewomen awardees are PSupt Criselda Yee De Guzman – Deputy Chief of Police for Operation, Muntinlupa City Police Station; PSupt Elizabeth Flores Velasquez – Chief, Police Community Relation/PIO, Highway Patrol Group; PSInsp Anjanette Padilla Tirador – Chief, Investigation Unit, Tagum City Police Station; PSInsp Jenelyn Mortero Kiwingan – OIC, Calanasan Municipal Police Station; PSInsp Sheryl Yu Bautista – Assistant Team Leader, Regional Intelligence Division, PRO-7.

The other awardees are SPO1 Aileen Parayno Catugas – Chief, Pre-charge Investigator, Provincial Investigation and Detective Management, Pangasinan PPO; PO3 Abigail Barrera Rayala – Women and Children Protection Desk PNCO, Albay PPO; PO2 Maricar Sison Anastacio – PCR/ Women and Children Protection Desk PNCO, Bulacan PPO; PO2 Lalaine Rosales Castro – Regional Police Community R8elations, PRO-8; and PO2 Haidelyn Pimentel Arevalo – PCR PNCO, Masbate PPO

The TOPWP is an annual competition whose aim is to discover and recognize the efforts and achievements of the female members of the national police force.

The award was initiated by Zonta Club of Makati-Paseo de Roxas together with the PNP who seeks to identify heroic women in the police force who are able to gain the support of the community to prevent and solve crimes in their locality.

Each TOPWP awardee received a 9mm pistol from ARMSCOR and P30,000 cash prize.