PNP to provide Covid-19 aid on case-to-case basis

Philippine National Police (PNP) chief Gen. Debold Sinas assured that the needs of all police officers infected with the coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) would be addressed on a case-to-case basis.

This comes after a memorandum dated Nov. 24, signed by PNP Comptroller Maj. Gen. Emmanuel Licup, ordering all police regional directors to give P50,000 financial assistance to PNP front-liners who tested positive of Covid-19 was recalled.

Licup stated the memorandum was recalled due to confusion in its appreciation by personnel on the ground.

Sinas clarified that while there is a minimum and a ceiling amount for the aid, the actual amount given would depend on the severity of the case, with more aid potentially going to severe cases and those who were hospitalized.

He mentioned that those who are asymptomatic are not much of a problem.

Additionally, Sinas also mandated P100,000 in financial aid for policemen wounded in the line of duty.

Police Brig. Gen. Albert Ignatius Ferro, chief of PRO 7, had previously noted that 616 officers in the region had been infected, with four fatalities, and the Cebu City Police Office had the highest number of infections.