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PNP chief: Metro Manila top cop Sinas 'deserves promotion'

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<div class="embed-wrap"><figure data-feedback="fb:likes,fb:comments"><img src="http://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2020/news/09/16/20190827-senate-hearing-negros-killings-gc-1234.jpg"/><figcaption>Maj. Gen. Debold Sinas during the Senate Public Order and Dangerous Drugs committee hearing on a spate of killings in Negros at the Philippine Senate on Aug. 27, 2019. <em>George Calvelo, ABS-CBN News/File</em></figcaption></figure></div><p>MANILA <strong>(UPDATE)</strong> -- Controversial Metro Manila police chief Maj. Gen. Debold Sinas &quot;deserves&quot; a promotion, the new head of the Philippine National Police said Wednesday, as he mulled movements in the 200,000-strong law enforcement agency. </p><p>Gen. Camilo Cascolan, who was tapped as PNP chief this month, said Sinas &quot;has done good things.&quot; </p><p>&quot;We have to evaluate him properly. The guy deserves also an evaluation and of course, a promotion, too,&quot; the PNP chief told ANC. </p><p>&quot;I think he has to be up at the Directorial Staff or a certain position that is for most especially for him... He is an expert most especially with regard to training of personnel and training of recruits,&quot; he added. </p><p>In May, Sinas drew public ire over a mañanita or pre-dawn birthday serenade at Camp Bagong Diwa in Taguig City that allegedly violated the 10-people limit on gatherings to prevent the spread of the novel coronavirus. President Rodrigo Duterte refused to sack Sinas, even while Luzon was, at the time, still under strict lockdown.</p><ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/05/13/20/debold-sinas-birthday-party-a-big-no-no-dilg-coronavirus-lockdown">Police official&#x27;s lockdown party a &#x27;big no-no&#x27;: DILG</a></li>	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/05/20/20/sinas-tells-critics-to-move-on-from-maanita-controversy-thanks-duterte-for-defending-him">Sinas tells critics to &#x27;move on&#x27; from mañanita controversy, thanks Duterte for defending him</a></li></ul><p>Sinas in July also made headlines over his viral confrontation with the family of a retired officer that he and his men asked to leave from a government compound in Taguig City. </p><p>Asked to clarify if Sinas would be removed from the National Capital Region Police Office and transferred to a training post, Cascolan said, &quot;Not really that way.&quot; </p><p>&quot;There’s still a lot of directorial staff or other positions that fit him. We will evaluate him properly, I will evaluate him properly,&quot; he said. </p><div><strong>CALABARZON CHIEF AS SINAS REPLACEMENT? </strong></div><div class="embed-wrap"><figure data-feedback="fb:likes,fb:comments"><img src="http://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2020/news/09/16/20190729-manila-city-hall-isko-presscon-gc-0792_1.jpg"/><figcaption>Calabarzon police chief Brig. Gen. Vicente Danao Jr., a former head of the Manila police, reacts as Manila Mayor Isko Moreno Domagoso answers questions from the media during a press conference at the Manila City Hall on July 29, 2019. <em>George Calvelo, ABS-CBN News/File</em></figcaption></figure></div><p>Cascolan said he was considering Calabarzon police chief Brig. Gen. Vicente Danao Jr. to replace Sinas at the NCRPO. </p><p>&quot;He is doing good. He did his best and he’s done good in PRO-4A. He has a reputation in the service and he is a very competent person, too,&quot; the PNP chief said. </p><p>ABS-CBN sources say Danao, a former chief of the Manila police, might also be transferred to the police Criminal Investigation and Detection Group (CIDG). </p><p>&quot;Whether it&#x27;s CIDG or NCR, it&#x27;s good. But I would rather choose him for NCR because he&#x27;s better in leading the NCRPO,&quot; said Cascolan. </p><p>Both Danao and Sinas are &quot;capable of leading men... [and] capable of giving accomplishments,&quot; he added. </p><div><strong>CASCOLAN DEFENDS PNP RESHUFFLE </strong></div><figure class="op-interactive"><iframe height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/hr4_UCENJ6c?enablejsapi=1" width="560"></iframe></figure><div class="iwantbar">Watch more in <a href="//www.iwantv.com.ph/">iWantv</a> or <a href="//tfc.tv/">TFC.tv</a></div><p>Cascolan succeeds police Gen. Archie Gamboa, who retires Wednesday after nearly 8 months as PNP chief. Before this, Cascolan was deputy chief for administration of the police. </p><p>Cascolan said he earlier reshuffled 11 or 12 PNP officials due to the retirement of some of their colleagues. He said he also transferred 2 or 3 officers so he could put “the right person for the right job.” </p><p>&quot;We need people that are snappy, good and has that moral ascendancy, and at the same time, service reputation to lead,&quot; he said. </p><p>Cascolan said he also cancelled a “midnight appointment” by Gamboa concerning the PNP&#x27;s health service. He declined to name the officials involved, saying they were &quot;also a victim.”</p><p>&quot;I don’t have people that I choose. They’re all my people. I am a father and brother to all of them,&quot; he said. </p><p>&quot;All officers come and go. They know for a fact that when we have already served and we are being assigned for promotion, that will be good for us and we always follow orders.&quot; </p>

<p>Controversial Metro Manila police chief Maj. Gen. Debold Sinas "deserves" a promotion, the new head of the Philippine National Police said Wednesday, as he mulled movements in the 200,000-strong law enforcement agency. </p>

Controversial Metro Manila police chief Maj. Gen. Debold Sinas "deserves" a promotion, the new head of the Philippine National Police said Wednesday, as he mulled movements in the 200,000-strong law enforcement agency.