Napolcom confers exec service eligibility to 174 cops

MANILA, Philippines - The National Police Commission (Napolcom) on Tuesday conferred the Police Executive Service Eligibility (PESE) to 174 senior officials of the Philippine National Police (PNP) who successfully passed the Napolcom-administered police eligibility examination.

Napolcom Vice-Chairman Eduardo Escueta said the 174 passers represent 83.65 percent of the 208 officials who underwent the panel interview, which is the second and final phase of the PES eligibility process. The 174 passers include six Police Senior Superintendents, 108 Police Superintendents and 60 Police Chief Inspectors.  

“The PESE which has two phases, the written exam and the panel interview, is an eligibility requirement for the ranks of Police Senior Superintendent, Police Chief Superintendent, Police Director, Police Deputy Director General and Police Director General,” Escueta said.

Escueta said the PESE tests include analytical questions on police leadership and police values designed to select the best future leaders in the police service.

The complete list of the passers can be viewed at the NAPOLCOM website at www.napolcom.gov.ph.                                    

Among those who passed the examination and interview was a former security aide of the late Interior and Local Government Secretary Jesse Robredo who also topped the Police Executive Service Eligibility (PESE) written examination given last August 26. 

According to the Napolcom, Police Superintendent Rodolfo D. Castro, Jr., who was assigned as Robredo’s security aide for a year until his death last August 18, graduated at the top of his class both in the Police Intelligence Officers Course and Police Intelligence Officers Advance Course.

Castro is assigned at the Pangasinan Provincial Police Office, Police Regional Office 1 and is projected to be appointed as its Chief Operations Officer. 

According to Napolcom records, Castro was also among the top four graduates of the Philippine National Police Academy Batch 1999.

Other police officials who made it to the top five of the PESE written exam were: Chief Insp. Rudy L. Elandag (Top 2); Chief Insp. Marlon B. Oloan and Supt. Conrado L. Villanueva (Top 3); Chief Insp. Arthur V. Bisnar and Supt. Deanry R. Francisco (Top 4); and, Supt. Eleazar S. Gran,  Supt. Manuel P. Castro, Chief Insp. Abubakar U. Mangelen, Jr., Chief Insp. Reycon L. Garduque and Chief Insp. Edward D. Quijano (Top 5).  Garduque is currently serving as the chief of the Makati Police’s Intelligence Division.

Escueta said the panel of interviewers is composed of senior officials from the Napolcom and PNP and representatives from the civil society and the academe. 

“The PESE is an eligibility requirement for the ranks of Police Senior Superintendent (equivalent to colonel in the military) to Police Director General (equivalent to four-star general),” said Escueta. 

Escueta said the PESE examinations is composed of a written part and a panel interview where the candidate is grilled on analytical questions about police leadership and police values.