Former PNP OIC General Vic Danao retire
FORMER Philippine National Police Officer-in-Charge Lieutenant General Vicente Dupa Danao retires from the police force today, August 10 after serving the police force with distinction for nearly 37 years.
A member of the Philippine Military Academy ‘Sambisig’ Class of 1991, Lt. Gen. Danao, ‘Vic or Ka Enteng’ to his classmates, peers, family, and colleagues will bow out from the service as director of the Area Police Command-Western Mindanao.
One of his classmates is PNP Chief General Benjamin C. Acorda Jr.
Many have known him as the tough-talking former Manila Police District director who eventually became a director of the Police Regional Office 4-A in Calabarzon region and later National Capital Region Police Office chief in Metro Manila.
On March 2022, he was designated as PNP The Chief Directorial Staff, the 4th highest position in the 228,000-strong organization and eventually was named as Officer-in-Charge of the police force with the retirement on May 8 of then PNP chief Gen. Dionardo B. Carlos.
He commanded the PNP until August 1, 2022, and became known as the 28th product of the PNP to lead the police force. He was also the 8th general designated by former President Rodrigo Duterte to command the PNP during his 6-year term.
A known Duterte protégé, Gen. Danao rose to fame in Metro Manila as an officer with a ‘heart for the poor’ but a nemesis of criminals and rogues in uniform.
Even in the early days of the Duterte administration, Gen. Danao had been considered as a top PNP Chief contender owing to his strong ties with the latter. He served as Davao City police chief when the firebrand Duterte was still its mayor.
He was the MPD director from November 9, 2018, to October 20, 2019, and served under former Mayors Joseph E. Estrada and Francisco ‘Isko’ Moreno.
He also held the position of Davao City Police Office chief from October 18, 2013, to June 24, 2016—replaced then Colonel, turned former PNP chief and now Senator Ronald ‘Bato’ M. dela Rosa, before being succeeded by another classmate, now PNP Deputy Chief for Operations, Lt. Gen. Michael John F. Dubria.
