Metro Manila (CNN Philippines, July 14) – Philippine National Police (PNP) Chief Benjamin Acorda has ordered a reshuffling of key positions in the agency effective Friday.
Eight ranking police officials were included in the latest reorganization.
Police Drug Enforcement Group (PDEG) chief PBGen Faro Antonio Olaguera was reassigned as acting chief of the Human Rights Affairs Office, replacing PBGen Vincent Calanoga.
PCol Dionisio Bartolome Jr. from the Criminal Investigation Detection Group, meanwhile, will be the acting chief of PDEG. The unit previously headed by PBGen Narciso Domingo has been hounded by controversies over the ₱6.7 billion shabu haul last year.
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Also covered by the revamp are:
– PBGen Cosme Abrenica, acting deputy director of the Directorate for Investigation and Detective Management
– PBGen Robert Alexander Morico, acting deputy director of the Directorate for Intelligence
– PBGen Neri Vincent Ignacio, acting deputy director of the Directorate for Logistics
– PBGen Flynn Dongbo, acting deputy director of the Directorate for Research and Development
– PCol Noel Sandoval, acting executive officer of the Directorate for Investigation and Detective Management
– PCol Nestor Babagay Jr., acting executive officer of the Directorate for Intelligence.
The PNP has said reshuffling assignments is a normal movement in the police force.
