Eric Noble

Eric Escosio Noble is a Filipino retired police officer. He served as Director for Investigation and Detective Management of Philippine National Police from 2023 to 2024.

Background and education Noble was born in Dagupan City and was raised in Santa Barbara, Pangasinan. In 2024, he earned a post-graduate degree as Doctor of Public Safety and Security Governance at the Philippine Public Safety College. He earned the degree of Bachelor of Science in 1992 at the Philippine Military Academy. He also holds a master's degree in Law Enforcement and Public Safety Leadership from the University of San Diego in 2020, and a bachelor's degree in law from Jose Rizal University in Mandaluyong City. In 2010, he was a student scholar and earned a graduate non-degree course on leadership as part of the Asia-Pacific Leadership Program at the East West Center in Hawaii

He graduated from the FBI National Academy at Quantico, Virginia in 2014 and at the same time earned a graduate certificate in Criminal Justice Administration from the University of Virginia.

Career He is a Filipino diplomat and an International Peacekeeper, having served as a diplomat in the United States of America as Police Attaché and has served in two (2) United Nations peacekeeping missions: in Kosovo (2000–2001) as part of the United Nations Mission in Kosovo, and in Haiti (2006–2007) as part of MINUSTAII (Mission des Nations Unies pour la stabilisation en Haiti).

He was conferred by the President of the Republic of the Philippines in July 2009 as one of the Country's Outstanding Policemen in Service (COPS) and again in September of the same year as a recipient of the Presidential Lingkod Bayan Award in the nationwide search for outstanding government employees and public officials. Furthermore, he was a recipient of the Award for Continuing Excellence (ACES) medal by the Metrobank Foundation in 2014. In February 2024, he was awarded as PMA Outstanding Alumnus (Cavalier Award for Staff Function) by the Philippine Military Academy Alumni Association.

He became the Director of the Police Community Affairs and Development Group in 2020. Noble acted as the Director of the Philippine National Police Academy from August 2022 to June 2023, where he emphasized the upholding the Honor Code to maintain integrity and reinforced the PNPA's stance against any form of maltreatment. Noble was appointed Director for Investigation and Detective Management of the Philippine National Police in June 2023. He retired from active PNP service in January 2024.

Awards and honors

Decorations Noble received more than 135 medals and citations throughout his law enforcement career, including:

Significant awards Presidential Lingkod Bayan Award - 2009 Metrobank Foundation Country's Outstanding Policemen in Service (COPS) - 2009 Metrobank Foundation Award for Continuing Excellence and Service (ACES) - 2014 PMAAAI Cavalier Award for Staff Functions - 2024