Sinas leads Voltes V exercise drive ‘Let’s Volt In!’
Sinas leads Voltes V exercise drive ‘Let’s Volt In!’
The
World Health Organization says almost 3 million people worldwide die every year
because of obesity. This happens when a person’s weight is higher than what is
healthy for his or her height. Obesity in the police force is causing some
concern.
PNP
Chief Police General Debold M Sinas wants overweight policemen to shed some fat
to meet their ideal body weight requirements.
Even
Interior Secretary Eduardo Año emphasized the need of law enforcers to be
physically fit. Año said, “bilang isang
pulis kailangang malakas at maganda ang kalusugan. Paano tayo makakahabol sa
mga criminal kung hindi tayo physically fit.”
It
all started when former PNP Chief Francisco Gamboa issued a memorandum circular
prohibiting policemen from taking academic courses if they will not meet their
ideal body mass index (BMI).
These
academic courses such as Police
Junior Leadership Course (PJLC), Public Safety Senior Leadership Course (PSSLC),
Public
Safety Officers Candidate Course (PSOCC), etc. are necessary for promotion.
PNP
Chief Sinas admits he himself needs to lose weight since he’s obviously heavier
than his ideal weight.
Now,
Sinas led the 4-Minute Fitness Habit with the Voltes V theme as one of the
initiated activity for
This
activity is in compliance to the directive of the PNP National Headquarters
which intended for Obese 3 to Overweight personnel to become more physically
fit and active.
This
is not the first time that the PNP has imposed a penalty on overweight
policemen. When Senator Panfilo Lacson was a PNP Chief, policemen who failed to
attempt a 34-inch waistline were meted strict penalties.