Female law enforcement agents will soon be seen apprehending traffic violators along major thoroughfares in Metro Manila and the rest of the country.

This after Land Transportation Office (LTO) chief Assistant Secretary Virginia Torres has directed LTO regional offices to include at least 20 female enforcers in different teams that will roam around their turfs for violation of the Clean Air Act, Seat Belt Law, and other traffic violations.

“Having experienced being a law enforcer herself, Asec. Torres recognizes the capability of women to enforce the law in a ‘more pleasant’ and ‘more tempered’ way compared to men. Being a woman herself, she initiated taking advantage of women’s inherent meticulousness and being less prone to corruption,” said Daisy Jacobo, head of Safety Traffic Division of the LTO Central Office.

Jacobo, who directs the law enforcement arm of the LTO Central Office, said including women in the agency’s agents is not only aimed at curbing corruption with traffic apprehension.

“It is also Asec. Torres’ way of promoting gender equality and removing gender bias in our agency,” she said, adding that in the past, only men are deployed as law enforcers of the LTO.

Jacobo said the LTO Central Office will start deploying its women agents by September.