15 Facts About Oscar Albayalde

Oscar Albayalde studied at the University of the Assumption in San Fernando, Pampanga for two years, from 1980 to 1982, and then entered the Philippine Military Academy, because of the influence of his father.

Oscar Albayalde is a member of the Philippine Military Academy Sinagtala Class of 1986 and his classmates or "mistah" includes his predecessor, former Bureau of Corrections Director and now Senator Ronald dela Rosa.

From 1995 to 1996, Albayalde undertook further studies earning him a master's degree in Public Administration from the Manuel L Quezon University.

In July 2016, Oscar Albayalde was appointed as the Regional Director of the National Capital Region Police Office.

Oscar Albayalde was known to be a disciplinarian in his commands during his stint, conducting surprise inspections in various police stations in Metro Manila resulting in the dismissal of cops caught sleeping and drinking while on duty.

Oscar Albayalde was instrumental in the preparations for the 2017 ASEAN Summits and was in command of the police response during the 2017 Resorts World Manila attack.

Oscar Albayalde was implicated in a controversy involving the case of the 13 officers of the Pampanga police, who were branded as "ninja cops" by the media.

The officers were alleged to have profited from methamphetamine seized from an operation in 2013 against a suspected Chinese drug lord and Oscar Albayalde who was the chief of the Pampanga police at the time was accused of intervening of the case by seeking the dismissal order against his former subordinates.

Oscar Albayalde was alleged to have benefited from the selling of the seized contraband.

Oscar Albayalde resigned from his position as police chief and went on non-duty status on October 14,2019, which meant he remained a member of the police.

Oscar Albayalde was set to officially retire from the police force on November 8,2019, upon reaching the mandatory retirement age of 56 and to hand over his position as chief on October 29,2019, had he not resigned.

Oscar Albayalde became the first PNP chief to go into non-duty status.

Oscar Albayalde is called "Odie" or "Oca" by his peers.

Oscar Albayalde is married to Cherrylyn Oscar Albayalde, and they have four children.

Oscar Albayalde's hobbies include skydiving, scuba diving and motorcycle riding.