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Ex-PNP chief Sinas is Cebu City's new adviser on peace and order

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<div class="embed-wrap"><figure data-feedback="fb:likes,fb:comments"><img alt="Former Philippine National Police chief Debold Sinas has been named adviser of Cebu City" s="" Peace="" and="" order="" Council.="" Contributed="" src="https://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2022/tvpatrol/07/04/former-philippine-national-police-chief-debold-sinas.jpg"/><figcaption>Former Philippine National Police chief Debold Sinas has been named adviser of Cebu City&#x27;s Peace and Order Council. <em>Contributed photo</em></figcaption></figure></div><p>Cebu City Mayor Michael Rama is tapping former national police chief Debold Sinas as an adviser of the city&#x27;s peace and order council.</p><p>&quot;We will have the best with our peace and order being overseen,&quot; Rama said.</p><p>As adviser for the peace and order council, Sinas can make policy recommendations for the city and its police force.</p><p>For his part, Sinas vowed to work with other sectors to maintain order in the central city.</p><p>Sinas served as police regional director of Central Visayas, where Cebu City is located, from 2018 to 2019 before moving to the National Capital Region (NCR) for the same post.</p><p>In November 2020, he was appointed chief of the Philippine National Police, serving until his retirement in May 2021.</p><p>Sinas drew flak during his time in Central Visayas for a series of killings in Negros Oriental during police operations.</p><p>During his time as NCR police chief in 2020, he drew backlash for a pre-dawn birthday celebration, which supposedly violated the ban on mass gathering during the COVID-19 pandemic.</p><ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/05/13/20/sinas-apologizes-over-birthday-party-but-claims-viral-photos-edited">Sinas apologizes over birthday party but claims viral photos &#x27;edited&#x27;</a></li>	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/05/13/20/i-dont-think-na-merong-violation-pnp-chief-defends-sinas-birthday-fte">&#x27;I don&#x27;t think na merong violation&#x27;: PNP chief defends Sinas&#x27; birthday fête</a></li></ul><p>Apart from Sinas, other big names that Rama revealed as part of his team is designer Kenneth Cobonpue, who will serve as consultant for design and planning.</p><div><strong>— Report from Annie Perez</strong></div><div><strong>RELATED VIDEO</strong></div><figure class="op-interactive"><iframe allow="autoplay; fullscreen" frameBorder="0" height="100%" id="ivsplayer01" scrolling="no" src="https://player.ivideosmart.com/ivsplayer/v4/dist/html/iframe-src.html?iframeid=ivsplayer01&amp;key=e8c22c015ca9eafa76f1e3edfa03c603&amp;spid=3001339&amp;vid=2105856" width="100%"></iframe></figure><div class="iwantbar">Watch more News on <a href="https://www.iwanttfc.com/#!/browse/Genres/News/tag_id_genres/id_news" target="_blank">iWantTFC</a></div>

Cebu City has tapped former PNP chief Debolad Sinas as adviser of its peace and order council.