1. Debold Menorias Sinas was born on May 8,1965 and is a Filipino retired police general who served as Chief of the Philippine National Police from November 2020 to May 2021.
20 Facts About Debold Sinas
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Debold Sinas served as the police chief of Central Visayas and Metro Manila before becoming chief of the PNP.
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Debold Menorias Sinas was born on May 8,1965, in Quezon City, Philippines.
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Debold Sinas was promoted to Police Chief Superintendent in April 2017.
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Debold Sinas was police chief of the Philippine National Police's Police Regional Office 7, which had jurisdiction over Central Visayas, for one year and four months.
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Debold Sinas worked under the office from July 2018 to October 2019.
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Debold Sinas succeeded Guillermo Eleazar, who was appointed as chief of the PNP Directorial Staff.
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One of the transferred personnel was assigned as the office's intelligence officer, though Debold Sinas did not enact other leadership changes at the time.
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Debold Sinas launched a biometrics system for the NCRPO on December 2,2019, for accurate attendance monitoring of the police office's personnel.
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On November 9,2020, President Rodrigo Duterte announced that Debold Sinas would be the next chief of Philippine National Police after the retirement of PNP Chief Camilo Cascolan.
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Debold Sinas' 6-month watch as top cop was marred with controversies.
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On September 11,2021, Executive Secretary Salvador Medialdea announced that Debold Sinas was appointed undersecretary of the Office of the President.
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Debold Sinas is to specialize on peace and order concerns.
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Debold Sinas' father was a military officer born in Butuan, in the Caraga region of Mindanao island.
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Debold Sinas' father had died before he graduated from the Philippine Military Academy in 1987.
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Debold Sinas mentioned in an interview that he "pushed [himself] to really graduate [from the PMA] as a promise to [his] father".
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Debold Sinas mentioned in the same interview that his mother and widowed sister were living with his children.
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Debold Sinas oversaw police response to the COVID-19 pandemic in Metro Manila, one of the hardest hit regions of the pandemic.
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Debold Sinas apologized for the event though he insisted that his office observed appropriate protocols.
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Debold Sinas explained that the property is owned by the PNP and Executive Master Sergeant Arnel Delos Santos was only allowed to live there temporarily with an agreement to vacate the property after his retirement in November 2018.