Police General Rodolfo Azurin Jr. has been designated as the new chief of police of Regional Office I, as ordered by Philippine National Police chief Police General Archie Francisco Gamboa.
Azurin, formerly the director of the PNP Maritime Group, replaced retiring Police Brigadier General Joel Orduña, a member of PMA Maringal Class of 1988, who had been at the helm of the Ilocos Region PNP since April 2019.
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Azurin, a member of the PMA Makatao Class of 1989, also served as deputy director of the Directorate for Personnel and Records Management in 2019.
Meanwhile, Police Brigadier General Omega Jireh Fidel, former director of the PNP Engineering Service, will assume Azurin’s vacated post as director of the Maritime Group.
