Camilo Cascolan

Camilo Pancratius Pascua Cascolan (November 10, 1964 – November 24, 2023) was a Filipino police general who served as the 24th Chief of the Philippine National Police (PNP) from September to November 2020 under President Rodrigo Duterte. After his retirement from the PNP, President Bongbong Marcos appointed him as an undersecretary of the Department of Health where he served from October 2022 until his death in November 2023. He was the first Cordilleran to lead the country's national police force.

Cascolan served five years with the Philippine Constabulary and 28 years with the PNP. He graduated from the Philippine Military Academy in 1986 and joined the police force in 1992. He served as chief of police in three municipalities in Iloilo in the 1990s and the city of Taguig in the late 2000s. He then rose through the ranks to become Provincial Director of the Compostela Valley (now Davao de Oro) Police in 2012, Regional Deputy Chief of the former Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao Police in 2015, Regional Deputy Chief of the Western Visayas Police in 2016, and Regional Director of National Capital Region Police in 2018. He then held key leadership positions within the PNP and served as Deputy Chief for Operations of the PNP from 2019 to 2020 and Deputy Chief for Administration in 2020 before becoming the country's police chief.

Early life and education Camilo Pancratius Pascua Cascolan was born on November 10, 1964, in the city of Baguio in what was then the undivided Mountain Province (now the province of Benguet). He was initially educated at Maryknoll Convent School and later attended the University of the Philippines Baguio High School. He was also instrumental in introducing home defense security through an enhanced managing police operations manual. He was promoted to two-star rank in January 2017. He then served as Deputy Chief for Operations in October 2019 and quickly rose to the position of Deputy Chief for Administration, the number 2 man of the national police, barely four months later. As a senior police officer, he conducted the transfer of police training programs from the Philippine Public Safety College back to the Philippine National Police Academy. He also authored the Camp Crame Development Plan which aimed to decentralize the national police force offices to the provinces. He is also recognized as the brains behind the Wanted Person Information System (E-WPIS) and E-Rogue which provide online access to criminal profiles for police officers.

On February 13, 2026, the International Criminal Court posthumously included Cascolan among eight indirect co-perpetrators in the crimes against humanity case against president Duterte during the Philippine drug war.

Key positions Chief of Police, Taguig City Police Station Provincial Director, Compostela Valley Police Provincial Office Chief, Police Regional Office 11 Finance Division Chief, Police Regional Office 11 Directorial Staff Deputy Director for Operations, Police Regional Office ARMM Deputy Director for Administration, Police Regional Office 11 Director, Directorate for Operations Regional Director, NCRPO Director, PNP Civil Security Group Chief, PNP Directorial Staff Deputy Chief PNP for Operations Deputy Chief PNP for Administration Chief, PNP

Personal life and death Cascolan was married to Amelia Tanalgo of Santa Barbara, Iloilo, and they had adopted a child from one of Amelia's close relatives.

Cascolan died on 24 November 2023, at the age of 59.

Awards Cascolan received more than 180 medals throughout his military and police career. As Davao de Oro provincial police chief, he was awarded the Medalya ng Kadakilaan (PNP Heroism Medal) for his leadership and humanitarian work following the devastation of Typhoon Bopha in 2012. In 2019, he also received the Award for Continuing Excellence and Service (ACES) from Metrobank.