Career
Police service
Graduate of class 1976 in the Philippine Military Academy,Gatdula served as a deputy chief in Ping Lacson's Presidential Anti-Organized Crime Task Force (PAOCTF). [1]
Before being appointed as Quezon City Police District (QCPD) chief in 2006,Gatdula was a member of the district as one of its deputies. [2] [3] [4] He led the district on steps on modernizing. [5] After his stint with the QCPD,he served in the Directorate for Logistics and later on,as Directorate for ICT Management until his retirement in 2010. [6]
NBI director
He was appointed by President Noynoy Aquino as the NBI director. [6] His appointment gained controversy as his appointment allegedly backed by Iglesia Ni Cristo (which Gatdula is also a member),but he later dismissed the allegation. [7] But later,Gatdula said that he got the support of the said church in a TV interview. [8] Gatula was the second member of the sect to be NBI director,the first one was Reynaldo Wycoco,also a former police general and former NCRPO director. [9]
The allegations of ambushing Deputy Director Esmeralda and extorting a Japanese national made him fired by President Aquino in 2012. [10] [11] But the charges and allegations against him later cleared. [12] [13] [14]
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