Northern Police District

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Northern Police District
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Common nameNorthern Police District
AbbreviationNPD
Agency overview
FormedAugust 8, 1975
Preceding agency
  • List
    • Caloocan Police Department (until 1975)
    • Malabon Police Department (until 1975)
    • Navotas Police Department (until 1975)
    • Valenzuela Police Department (until 1975)
    • Quezon City Police Department (1939– 1975)
Jurisdictional structure
Operations jurisdiction Caloocan, Malabon, Navotas, Valenzuela
Operational structure
Headquarters Caloocan, Metro Manila
Agency executive
  • PBGEN Rizalito G. Gapas, District Director
Parent agency National Capital Region Police Office
Facilities
Stations4 city police stations
Website
ncrpo.pnp.gov.ph

The Northern Police District (NPD) is a police district command under the National Capital Region Police Office (NCRPO) of the Philippine National Police (PNP) serves the cities named Caloocan, Malabon, Navotas, Valenzuela as its law enforcement agency. The headquarters located at Caloocan. [1]

Contents

History

The police departments of Caloocan, Malabon, Navotas, Valenzuela and Quezon City were merged to form the Northern Police District (NPD), by virtue of the creation of the Integrated National Police in 1975 by Presidential Decree No. 765 and having headquarters in Camp Karingal. In 1990, the Quezon City Council created an ordinance to separate from NPD to create the Central Police District, and by 1993, the headquarters was transferred to Caloocan. [2]

Lists of chiefs

The following list only started from 2001:

NameTermNotes
As chief of the Northern Police District
Jose Bandong2000 – 2001 [3]
Vidal Querol2001 – 2002 [4]
Marcelino Franco Jr.2003 – 2004 [5]
Noe Wong2004 – 2005 [6]
Leopoldo Bataoil2005 – 2006 [7]
Pedro Tango2006 – 2008 [7] [8]
Erick Javier2008 – 2009 [9] [10]
Samuel Pagdilao2009 – 2010 [11] [12]
Rodolfo Magtibay2010Transferred back to MPD [13]
Antonio Decano2010 – 2012 [14] [15]
Edgardo Layug2012 – 2014 [16]
Jonathan Ferdinand Miano2014 – 2016 [16] [17]
Roberto Fajardo2016 – 2017Chief when the triple murders happened [18] [19]
Clifton Empiso2017 – 2018 [20]
Gregorio Lim2018 [20] [21]
Rolando Anduyan2018 – 2019 [22] [23]
Rolando Ylagan2019 – 2020 [24]
Eliseo DC Cruz2020 – 2021 [24] [25]
Ponce Peñones2022 – 2023 [26]
Rizalito G. Gapas2023 – 2024 [27]
Josefino D. Ligan2024 – present [28]

Units

Headquarters

Under the Director, NPD it has: [29]

The administrative divisions are: [29]

The operational divisions and units are: [29]

Stations: [29]

Controversies

The de los Santos, Arnaiz, and de Guzman Murders

Kian delos Santos, Carl Arnaiz and Reynaldo de Guzman were three teenagers who were killed on August 16 to 18, 2017, during the course of the Philippine drug war. All of them are allegedly killed by different Caloocan Police Station officers. delos Santos got a gunshot wound to the head, Arnaiz reported to have been shot dead, while de Guzman was stabbed 30 times and found in a creek in Gapan, Nueva Ecija. [30] All of the cases are seen in CCTV footages. [31] [32] [33]

Only PO1 Jefrey Perez was convicted of by Caloocan RTC of murder, torture, and planting of evidence. [34] [35]

See also

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