The Philippine National Police is the armed national police force in the Philippines. Its national headquarters is located at Camp Crame in Bagong Lipunan ng Crame,Quezon City. Currently,it has approximately 228,000 personnel to police a population in excess of 100 million.
The Philippine National Police Academy or PNPA,is a public safety school whose graduates are assigned as officers of the Philippine National Police (PNP),Philippine Public Safety College (PPSC),Bureau of Jail Management and Penology (BJMP) and the Bureau of Fire Protection (BFP). The PNPA was established on August 26,1977,under Section 19,PD 1184 and was tasked to provide tertiary level education for Filipinos aspiring to be officers in the three bureaus of the Department of the Interior and Local Government.
Lina Sarmiento is the first female third-level official of the Philippine National Police to receive and hold the rank of director,a rank equivalent to that of a major general in the Philippine military. At this two-star rank level,Sarmiento became the head of the PNP’s Community Relations Group on June 22,2012 at the age of 53,a part of the PNP Directorial Staff. Before this post,Sarmiento was a police chief superintendent.
The Mamasapano clash was a shootout that took place during a police operation by the Special Action Force (SAF) of the Philippine National Police (PNP) on January 25,2015,in Tukanalipao,Mamasapano,then-undivided Maguindanao. The operation,codenamed Oplan Exodus,was intended to capture or kill wanted Malaysian terrorist and bomb-maker Zulkifli Abdhir and other Malaysian terrorists or high-ranking members of the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF).
Getulio Pascua Napeñas,Jr. is a Filipino politician and retired police officer who served as commander of the Philippine National Police Special Action Force (SAF) from 2013 until 2015. He is blamed for the ill-fated Mamasapano clash but earned praise as a man of principle and a true leader of the people.
Ronald Marapon dela Rosa,also known as Bato,is a Filipino politician and retired police officer who is currently serving as a senator of the Philippines since 2019. He served under the Duterte administration as the chief of the Philippine National Police from July 1,2016,to April 19,2018,overseeing the government's anti-drug campaign;he also served as the Director General of the Bureau of Corrections from April 30 to October 12,2018.
Catalino "Lito" Salandanan Cuy is a Filipino retired police director and current chairman of the Dangerous Drugs Board under the Duterte administration and Marcos administration. He assumed the role of acting Secretary of the Interior and Local Government on April 5,2017,upon the departure of Ismael Sueno who was dismissed by President Duterte following corruption allegations.
Edgar "Egay" Batalla Aglipay is a Filipino businessman and retired police officer with the rank of general. He is the current chairman emeritus of DIWA partylist. He was the Chief of the Philippine National Police (PNP) from August 23,2004 to March 14,2005.
Oscar David Albayalde is a retired Filipino police officer who served as the Chief of the Philippine National Police from April 2018 until his optional retirement in October 2019.
The Chief of the Philippine National Police is the head of the Philippines' national police body,the Philippine National Police (PNP). The position is invariably held by a Police General,a four-star general police officer.
Arturo Carbonel Lomibao is a retired Filipino police officer. He served as Chief of the Philippine National Police (PNP) from March 14,2005 to July 5,2006,and retired with the rank of 4-star Police Director General.
Benjamin "Benjie" Bañez Magalong is a Filipino politician and retired police officer serving as the mayor of Baguio since 2019. Before entering politics,he served in the Philippine Constabulary and Philippine National Police (PNP) for 38 years. He was the chief of the Cordillera regional police office,the Criminal Investigation and Detection Group (CIDG),and the Directorate for Investigation and Detective Management (DIDM). He retired with the rank of Police Deputy Director General as the PNP's Deputy Chief for Operations.
The position of Officer in Charge (OIC) in the context of Philippine governance refers to an official serving their position in an interim or temporary basis or even as the Caretaker or Custodian of the office. The position of OIC is distinct to an official serving in an "Acting" capacity.
Archie Francisco Feranil Gamboa is a Filipino lawyer and retired police general who served as the 23rd Chief of the Philippine National Police from October 2019 to September 2020.
Debold Menorias Sinas is a Filipino retired police general who served as Chief of the Philippine National Police (PNP) from November 2020 to May 2021. During his tenure,he oversaw the COVID-19 community quarantines in the Philippines. However,he was also accused of violating the COVID-19 lockdown rules himself.
Camilo Pancratius Pascua Cascolan was a Filipino police general who served as the 24th Chief of the Philippine National Police (PNP) from September to November 2020 under President Rodrigo Duterte. After his retirement from the PNP,President Bongbong Marcos appointed him as an undersecretary of the Department of Health where he served from October 2022 until his death in November 2023. He was the first Cordilleran to lead the country's national police force.
Leonardo A. Espina is a Filipino former police officer served as former OIC Chief of the Philippine National Police.
PDIR Cipriano Erfe Querol,Jr. Al-Haj is a Filipino former police officer who served as director of the Police Regional Office 6 and the Special Action Force of the Philippine National Police. He is also the first monarch of the non-sovereign Sultanate of Panay.
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