NCRPO gets new chief in latest PNP reshuffle

By Christopher Lloyd Caliwan

June 26, 2023, 8:18 pm

MANILA – The National Capital Region Police (NCRPO) has a new head following the latest reorganization of police officials.

In an order which took effect Monday, Philippine National Police (PNP) chief Gen. Benjamin Acorda Jr. reassigned Directorate for Intelligence (DI) chief Brig. Gen. Jose Melencio Nartatez Jr., as the new acting regional director of the NCRPO.

Nartatez replaced Maj. Gen. Edgar Alan Okubo, who was named the new chief of the Directorate for Police Community Relations (DPCR).

Meanwhile, then DPCR director Maj. Gen. Mario Reyes was designated to head the Directorate for Logistics while Maj. Gen. Jon Arnaldo replaced Nartatez as the new DI chief.

Brig. Gen. Ronald Oliver Lee was designated as the new chief of the Directorate for Human Resource and Doctrine Development (DHRDD), replacing Arnaldo.

Maj. Gen. Eric Noble, director of the PNP Academy (PNPA), was named the new head of the Directorate for Investigation and Detective Management (DIDM) while Brig. Gen. Samuel Nacion will be the acting PNPA director.

Brig. Gen. Alan Nazarro from the Directorate of Information and Communication Technology Management (DICTM) was named the acting director of the Highway Patrol Group (HPG). (PNA)

Comments