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BARMM police head appointed CIDG chief
Brig. Gen. Romeo Macapaz, formerly the director of the Police Regional Office Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (PRO BARMM), has been appointed as the new chief of the Criminal Investigation and Detection Group (CIDG).
His appointment is part of a larger reshuffle within the PNP involving 29 senior officials, formalised through Special Order No. NHQ-SO-URA-2025-4249, which took effect on June 19, 2025.
Macapaz succeeds Gen. Nicolas Torre III, who was recently promoted to PNP Chief.
Brig. Gen. Jaysen Carpio De Guzman will now lead PRO BARMM, taking over from Macapaz.
The reshuffle includes one police major general, 26 police brigadier generals, and two police colonels, with various new assignments announced.
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