The United States government, through the US Embassy's Office of International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs (INL), sponsored the participation of eight Filipino delegates at the 'INL Regional Women in Law Enforcement Training' held from February 26 to March 1 in Chiang Mai, Thailand, to help enhance the recruitment, retention, and promotion of women in the law enforcement sector.

Personnel from the Philippine National Police (PNP), the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency, the Philippine Coast Guard, the Bureau of Corrections, and the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources attended the training together with their counterparts from Cambodia, Indonesia, and Thailand.