Binag is No. 4 man in PNP

Credit to Author: Tempo Desk| Date: Thu, 23 Jan 2020 09:20:52 +0000

A Harvard University-educated police officer has been chosen as the No. 4 man of the Philippine National Police in the latest reorganization triggered by the appointment of Police Gen. Archie Gamboa as PNP chief.

Police Major Gen. Cesar Hawthorne Binag was named as the Chief Directorial Staff, replacing his “mistah” or classmate, Police Lt. Gen. Guillermo Lorenzo Eleazar, who was earlier elevated to the position of the Deputy Chief for Operations. Binag and Eleazar are members of the Philippine Military Academy Class of 1987.

“He will serve in a full-time capacity in addition to his other inherent and concurrent duties as Chief of Directorial Staff. Compared to a corporate structure…the TCDS is the general manager (of the PNP),” said Gamboa.

Before his appointment as TCDS, Binag is the head of the Directorate for Information and Communication Technology Management where he initiated the SMART Policing Program which is the PNP’s six-year Digital Transformation Roadmap.

He also served as the r
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