Northern Police District
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Common nameNorthern Police District
AbbreviationNPD
Agency overview
FormedAugust 8, 1975
Preceding agencies
  • Caloocan Police Department (until 1975)
  • Malabon Police Department (until 1975)
  • Navotas Police Department (until 1975)
  • Valenzuela Police Department (until 1975)
Jurisdictional structure
Operations jurisdictionCaloocan, Malabon, Navotas, Valenzuela
Operational structure
HeadquartersCaloocan, Metro Manila
Agency executive
  • PBGEN Rizalito G. Gapas, District Director
Parent agencyNational 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]

History

The police departments of Caloocan, Malabon, Navotas, Valenzuela and Quezon City are 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.[1]

Lists of chiefs

The following list only started from 2001:

Name Term Notes
As chief of the Northern Police District
PCSUPT Vidal Querol 2001 – 2002 [2]
PCSUPT Marcelino Franco Jr. 2003 – 2004 [3]
PCSUPT Noe Wong 2004 – 2005 [4]
PCSUPT Leopoldo Bataoil 2005 – 2006 [5]
PCSUPT Pedro Tango 2006 – 2008 [5][6]
PCSUPT Erick Javier 2008 – 2009 [7][8]
PCSUPT Samuel Pagdilao 2009 – 2010 [9][10]
PCSUPT Rodolfo Magtibay 2010 Transferred back to MPD[11]
PCSUPT Antonio Decano 2010 – 2012 [12][13]
PCSUPT Edgardo Layug 2012 – 2014 [14]
PCSUPT Jonathan Ferdinand Miano 2014 – 2016 [14][15]
PCSUPT Roberto Fajardo 2016 – 2017 Chief when the triple murders happened[16][17]
PCSUPT Clifton Empiso 2017 – 2018 [18]
PCSUPT Gregorio Lim 2018 – 2019 [18][19]
PBGEN Rolando Ylagan 2019 – 2020 [20]
PBGEN Eliseo DC Cruz 2020 – 2021 [20][21]
PBGEN Ponce Peñones 2022 – 2023 [22]
PBGEN Rizalito G. Gapas 2023 – present [23]

Units

Headquarters

Under the Director, NPD it has:[24]

The administrative divisions are:[24]

The operational divisions and units are:[24]

Stations:

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.[25] All of the cases are seen in CCTV footages. [26][27][28]

Only PO1 Jefrey Perez was convicted of by Caloocan RTC of murder, torture, and planting of evidence.[29][30][29][30][29][30][29][30]

References

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  2. ^ "Querol takes over NCRPO today". Philstar.com. Retrieved January 22, 2024.
  3. ^ Alquitran, Non. "10,000 cops to be deployed for 'Dubya'". Philstar.com. Retrieved January 22, 2024.
  4. ^ Alquitran, Non. "Three new district directors for NCR". Philstar.com. Retrieved January 22, 2024.
  5. ^ a b Alquitran, Non. "MPD gets permanent chief; new posts for 3 others". Philstar.com. Retrieved January 22, 2024.
  6. ^ Felipe, Bebot Sison Jr ,Cecille Suerte. "Another PNP reshuffle on the way". Philstar.com. Retrieved January 22, 2024.((cite web)): CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  7. ^ "NPD gets new top cop". www.philstar.com. November 15, 2008. Retrieved January 22, 2024.
  8. ^ "Bataoil out, Rosales in bilang NCRPO chief". www.philstar.com. April 1, 2009. Retrieved January 22, 2024.
  9. ^ "Precinct commander sinampolan ni Pagdilao". Philstar.com. Retrieved January 22, 2024.
  10. ^ Laude, Pete. "Valenzuela sub-station chief sacked over shabu den raid". Philstar.com. Retrieved January 22, 2024.
  11. ^ Etolle, Nestor. "PNP returns Magtibay as MPD chief". Philstar.com. Retrieved January 22, 2024.
  12. ^ "NPD offers reward for 3 men in cop's slay". www.philstar.com. June 25, 2011. Retrieved January 22, 2024.
  13. ^ "Barangay chief's gunman identified". Philstar.com. Retrieved January 22, 2024.
  14. ^ a b "Outgoing SPD director says his relief 'a regular thing' at PNP". www.philstar.com. October 9, 2014. Retrieved January 22, 2024.
  15. ^ "Cop sacked for papal fund grievance snubs new post". www.philstar.com. January 30, 2015. Retrieved January 22, 2024.
  16. ^ "11 drug suspects slain, 2 cops hurt". www.philstar.com. December 10, 2016. Retrieved January 22, 2024.
  17. ^ "It's Kian in video, cops admit; NPD chief axed". www.philstar.com. August 22, 2017. Retrieved January 22, 2024.
  18. ^ a b Alquitran, Non. "New EPD, NPD directors assume posts". Philstar.com. Retrieved January 22, 2024.
  19. ^ Cayabyab, Marc Jayson. "2 Northern Police District precinct chiefs fired". Philstar.com. Retrieved January 22, 2024.
  20. ^ a b Servallos, Neil Jayson. "Sinas reshuffles 23 PNP officials". Philstar.com. Retrieved January 22, 2024.
  21. ^ Tupas, Emmanuel. "Policewoman arrested for indiscriminate firing". Philstar.com. Retrieved January 22, 2024.
  22. ^ "Drug suspect nabbed in Caloocan". www.philstar.com. December 26, 2022. Retrieved January 22, 2024.
  23. ^ Tupas, Emmanuel. "Malabon's top cop axed over shooting rampage". Philstar.com. Retrieved January 22, 2024.
  24. ^ a b c d "Northern Police District".
  25. ^ "Youth killings highlight need for UN probe of war on drugs – HRW". Interaksyon. Retrieved May 5, 2021.
  26. ^ Cahiles, Gerg (August 18, 2017). "17-year-old student gunned down by cops in anti-drug operations". Metro Manila: CNN Philippines. Retrieved August 19, 2017.
  27. ^ Lopez, Eloisa (August 19, 2017). "Our son, Kian: A good, sweet boy". Rappler. Manila. Retrieved August 19, 2017.
  28. ^ "Kian Loyd Delos Santos, 17, killed in drug crackdown". Al Jazeera. August 19, 2017. Retrieved August 19, 2017.
  29. ^ a b c d "After 5 years, court convicts cop for torture of teens Carl Arnaiz, De Guzman". Rappler. November 23, 2022. Retrieved November 23, 2022.
  30. ^ a b c d "Court finds cop guilty of torturing teens, planting evidence during drug war". Inquirer.net. November 23, 2022. Retrieved November 23, 2022.
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