Bangsamoro top cop is new CIDG chief
Police Regional Office Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao Director Brig. Gen. Romeo Macapaz (Photo from the PRO BARMM/Facebook)
MANILA, Philippines — Police Regional Office Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (PRO BARMM) Director Brig. Gen. Romeo Macapaz is the new chief of the Criminal Investigation and Detection Group (CIDG).
He succeeds now-Philippine National Police (PNP) Chief Gen. Nicolas Torre III, who previously held the position before his recent promotion.
Macapaz’s reassignment from the PRO BARMM to the CIDG was done through Special Order No. NHQ-SO-URA-2025-4249, dated June 18 and effective June 19, 2025.
The special order initially did not specify the position to which Macapaz was assigned.
However, CIDG Public Information Officer Maj. Helen Dela Cruz confirmed in a Viber message to INQUIRER.net on Thursday that Macapaz is now the unit’s acting director.
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The CIDG is the PNP unit tasked with investigating major cases, including organized crime and high-profile crimes.
Macapaz’s assignment as CIDG chief came amid a reshuffle in the PNP, in which at least 27 officers were given new designations, just over two weeks after Torre took the helm of the law enforcement agency. /jpv/abc
