Emma Henry

Emma S. Henry

Profile Born in the late 1940s, Emma had a father who is from San Francisco, United States, wherein she claimed having relatives in the area's police force. She reportedly worked once as a radio announcer.

Henry was arguably the first prominent female law enforcement officer in the Philippines. Reportedly became interested in police work, she joined the 33-man police force of Los Baños, Laguna in 1972. On April 17, 1986, she was shot in her car by four suspected New People's Army rebels who had stopped her while on the way to work, and later escaped aboard a van. NPA was then waging a high-profile campaign to liquidate well-known police officials. The motive was unknown.