Reynaldo G. Wycoco (November 10, 1946 – December 19, 2005) was a Filipino retired police officer who formerly served as Director of the National Bureau of Investigation.
Reynaldo Wycoco | |
|---|---|
| Director of the National Bureau of Investigation | |
| In office January 25, 2001 – December 19, 2005 | |
| President | Gloria Macapagal Arroyo |
| Preceded by | Carlos S. Caabay (OIC) |
| Succeeded by | Nestor Manrique Mantaring |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Reynaldo G. Wycoco November 10, 1946[1] Nueva Ecija, Philippines |
| Died | December 19, 2005 (aged 59) Manila Doctors Hospital Ermita, Manila, Philippines |
| Resting place | Libingan ng mga Bayani, Taguig |
| Alma mater | Philippine Military Academy (BS) Harvard Kennedy School (MPA) |
| Police career | |
| Service | Philippine National Police |
| Allegiance |  Philippines |
| Divisions |
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| Service years | 1968–2001 |
| Rank |  Police Deputy Director General |
Career
editPolice service
editHails from Cabiao and graduate of class 1968 in the Philippine Military Academy,[2] Wycoco served in the Philippine Constabulary (PC) as member of Ranger Battalion in 1969, where he was assigned as the Battalion Intelligence and Operations Officer in Tarlac. This is the time where Central Luzon was a center of communist armed insurgency.[3]
In 1980, still at service, he obtained his Master's degree in Public Administration from the Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University. He also take short graduate courses at the London School of Economics, as he believes that "if you don’t innovate, you’ll stagnate" and for the improving of police work, especially with cooperating with the community. He also studied in the US Army Intelligence Center in Arizona and in the intriguingly named Political Warfare and Allied Intelligence School in Taiwan, as he think that learning of right collection and handling of information, can be a crucial change for a country.[3]
When the PC became the Philippine National Police (PNP), he became a police officer specializing in intelligence.[4] Later, Wycoco served as chief of the National Capital Region Police Office (NCRPO) in 1998 until 1999.[1][5] He also served as spokesperson of the PNP, and retired with the rank of now called Police Lieutenant General (then known as Police Deputy Director General) while serving as deputy chief for administration in 2001.[1][2][4]
NBI director
editHe was appointed by President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo as the NBI director on January 25, 2001,[2][4] and his appointment was criticized due to lack of background to law or not being a lawyer.[3] He was tasked to lead an investigation against the crimes of Joseph Estrada's Presidential Anti-Organized Crime Task Force (PAOCTF).[6] And while in the middle of Wycoco's tenure, NBI solve more high-profile cases.[3]
Popular culture
editWycoco appeared in 2003 film NBI Files: The Cory Quirino Kidnap, and credited by some showbiz columnists that he looks like an action star.[7]
Personal life
editHe is a member of religious sect Iglesia ni Cristo. After him, another member of the said sect was appointed as director of NBI, named Magtanggol Gatdula, also a former police general and lawyer formerly headed the Quezon City Police District.[8]
Death
editWhen Wycoco still the NBI director, he suffered stroke resulted to coma on November 23, 2005.[9] He died at the age of 59 on December 19, 2005, at the Manila Doctor's Hospital in Ermita, Manila due to hemorrhagic stroke.[10] He was buried at the Libingan ng mga Bayani on December 24, 2005.[11]
References
edit- ^ a b c De Aries, Aries (October 30, 2012). "Himlayan ng Isang Huwarang Kabyawenyo: Libingan ng mga Bayani".
- ^ a b c Villanueva, Marichu A. (January 25, 2001). "Wycoco is NBI Chief; 2 Lakas solons named to DPWH, DOTC ; DOJ Orders probe on bombings, mansions". Philstar.com. Retrieved September 19, 2024.
- ^ a b c d Sequera, Vanni de (September 9, 2011). "Mr. Investigator: NBI Director Reynaldo G. Wycoco". Philstar.com. Retrieved September 19, 2024.
- ^ a b c "Protests to greet Wycoco at NBI today". Philstar.com. January 25, 2001. Retrieved September 19, 2024.
- ^ Ignacio, Bert; Evangelista, Romie A. (June 10, 1999). "7 rookie cops axed". Manila Standard.
- ^ Frialde, Mike (August 25, 2001). "NBI ready to decode PAOCTF devices". Philstar.com. Retrieved September 19, 2024.
- ^ Abunda, Boy (March 24, 2003). "Wycoco: The cop who looks like an action star". Philstar.com. Retrieved September 19, 2024.
- ^ Rufos, Aries C. (February 27, 2012). "PNoy and God's 'anointed' ones". RAPPLER. Retrieved September 21, 2024.
- ^ Macairan, Evelyn (November 27, 2005). "Wycoco fighting the biggest battle of his life". Philstar.com. Retrieved September 19, 2024.
- ^ Vicente, Jonathan (December 20, 2005). "NBI chief Reynaldo Wycoco is dead". The Manila Times. Retrieved September 19, 2024.
- ^ Vicente, Jonathan (December 25, 2005). "Wycoco laid to rest". The Manila Times. Retrieved September 21, 2024.