Benjamin Acorda

Benjamin "Benjie" Casuga Acorda Jr. (born December 4, 1967) is a retired Filipino police officer who served as the 29th Chief of the Philippine National Police from April 24, 2023 until his extended forced retirement on March 31, 2024. He is currently the Executive Director of the Presidential Anti-Organized Crime Commission.

Career Acorda oversaw the Pangasinan municipal police stations in Sual, Sison, Bolinao, and Balungao, which are all in the Ilocos area. Later, he was assigned to the provincial police of Palawan, where he worked from 2014 to 2016.

Acorda led the Palawan Police Provincial Office to be the most efficient police force in the MIMAROPA region. He also led the CIDG's CAMANAVA Criminal Investigation and Detection Team.

Acorda has held directorial positions in UN missions and overseen law enforcement officers from foreign countries, and he is also a former member of the United Nations Blue Helmets.

Key Positions Provincial Director, Palawan Police Provincial Office Director, PNP Integrity Monitoring and Enforcement Group Regional Director, Police Regional Office 10 Director, PNP Anti-Cybercrime Group Director, PNP Civil Security Group Director, Directorate for Intelligence Chief, PNP

Personal life Benjamin Sr., a lawyer from La Union who worked as an enlisted Air Force member and as counsel for the La Union's Citizen's Legal Assistance Office (now called the Public Attorney's Office).

Purificacion Casuga-Acorda, Acorda's mother, was employed in La Union as a government nurse.

Acorda attended the Philippine Christian University where he studied for his master's degree in management.