Sotomil, Iloilo Pride: 2012 Ten COPS Awardee

Senior Police Officer 3 Rhia B. Sotomil, a non-commissioned officer of Pavia Police Station made it as one of the 10 "Country's Outstanding Policemen in Service" (COPS) Search in 2012 spearheaded  by Metrobank Foundation, Inc. (MBFI) and the Rotary Club of New Manila and the PS Bank.

Sotomil, COPS Awardee

She was one of the four policewomen awardees in this "male-dominated competition."

This search is to honor the exemplary members of the Philippine National Police who actively worked with their communities in implementing crime solution and prevention as pointed out by MBFI president Aniceto Sobrepeña.

SPO3 Sotomil was one of the 100 nominees this year, who "have gone through a rigorous screening process which involved documents review and a panel interview by the final board of judges representing different sectors of the society.

She will receive a cash prize of P300,000 and a trophy from the Metrobank Foundation.

Sotomil: 2012 WV 6 Outstanding Police Officer

A Pavia, Iloilo resident, working mother who is an exemplar in doing her job as a police officer, has recently been declared as the COPS awardee in Region VI, Western Visayas, PH, the news said .

A woman? How did she qualify it?

How about those men police officers? What are they doing? Just asking. Malice towards none.

SPO3 Sotomil,
COPS Awardee 2012

Well, there are rules to follow. There are qualifications to meet. And there are many protocol to observe. The awarding agency has all the reasons to select the deserving and qualified police officer in the country. So be it.

Anyway the Metrobank Foundation in their search for the County's Outstanding Policemen in Service (COPS) named SPO3 Rhia B. Sotomil of the Municipal Police Station of Pavia, Iloilo, PH as the Most Outstanding Police Officer in Western Visayas.

SPO3 Sotomil is in charge of the Women and Children’s Protection Office of the Pavia Municipal Police Station.