President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. on Monday named Police Major General Benjamin Acorda Jr. as the brand new chief of the Philippine National Police.
Acorda will exchange outgoing PNP chief Police General Rodolfo Azurin Jr., who is about to retire on Monday.
Marcos will grace the change of command ceremony at Camp Crame on Monday morning.
Prior to his appointment as subsequent PNP chief, Acorda was the PNP director for intelligence.
A member of Philippine Military Academy (PMA) “Sambisig” Class of 1991, Acorda hails from Ilocos Norte, the house province of Marcos.
‘Dark horse’
A press assertion from Malacañang mentioned Acorda was thought-about as the actual “dark horse” within the race for the following total head of the nationwide police by his friends and subordinates.
Acorda completed elementary on the Gabaldon Elementary School’s Special Education Center in Laoag City earlier than going to the Bacarra National Comprehensive High School the place he met his spouse Oliva Balasi Afaga, with whom he as 4 youngsters.
Acorda earned his Master’s Degree in Management from the Philippine Christian University.
“He is a recipient of the Bronze Cross Medal, a prestigious single grade military decoration of the Armed Forces of the Philippines which is awarded for ‘heroism involving risk of life’,” the Palace assertion mentioned.
Specialized trainings
Among Acorda’s specialised trainings as a police officer embody a Police Intelligence Officer Advance Course, a Logistics Management Course, and Training Course on Drug Law Enforcement for the Philippines.
As a commander, he headed the Balungao, Sison, Bolinao and Sual Municipal Police Stations in Pangasinan and later, the Palawan Police Provincial Office from 2014 to 2016.
“As Palawan police chief, he turned the local police force to No. 1 in operational accomplishments from being No. 5 in the entire Mimaropa Region,” Malacañang mentioned.
Acorda additionally served because the Regional Director of the Police Regional Office 10 in Northern Mindanao. During his stint as regional director, he earned a excessive public belief ranking and stored crime at a minimal degree.
As an Investigator, he was as soon as chief of the Camanava Criminal Investigation and Detection Team of the PNP Criminal Investigation and Detection Group; was a former CIDG Region 4-B chief; and headed the CIDG Anti-Fraud and Commercial Crimes Division which solved quite a few main crimes in Metro Manila and different elements of the nation.
Acorda additionally was once Chief of the Operations and Plans’ Branch, Intelligence Officer and Assistant Provincial Director for Operations of the Ilocos Norte Police Provincial Office in 2008 and CIDG Deputy Chief of Operations in 2010. He additionally was as soon as Deputy Director for Operations and later Deputy Director for Administration of the National Capital Region Police Office (NCRPO).
The official was additionally former chief of employees of the PNP Civil Security Group and briefly commanded the PNP Integrity Monitoring and Enforcement Group created to go after rogues in police uniform. —Anna Felicia Bajo/KBK, GMA Integrated News
Source: www.gmanetwork.com
