12 Facts About Oscar Calderon

Oscar Castelo Calderon was a retired Filipino police officer who served as the chief of the Philippine National Police.

Oscar, the eldest of eight Calderon siblings, was born in Aliaga, Nueva Ecija, on October 1,1951.

At the time of his appointment by then President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo as chief of the Philippine National Police, Calderon admitted in a radio interview that he was a "distant relative" of the latter.

Leonard Oscar Calderon, became deputy chief of the Intelligence Service of the Armed Forces of the Philippines.

Oscar Calderon was a member of Philippine Military Academy class of 1973.

Oscar Calderon was later interred at the Heritage Park in Taguig.

Oscar Calderon spent most of his career in Visayas and Mindanao.

Oscar Calderon was later assigned at the then Criminal Investigation Service of the PC.

Oscar Calderon was appointed over contenders such as: Deputy Director Generals, Servando Hizon, PNP comptroller; and Avelino Razon, PNP deputy chief for operations.

Oscar Calderon was replaced by newly-installed President Benigno Aquino III in October 2010.

In 2011, following the reported unauthorized trip of another former politician and homicide convict Antonio Leviste, DOJ investigators implicated Oscar Calderon for alleged special treatment to Leviste, during his term.

Oscar Calderon was implicated by a newspaper source in the same case of murder convict Rolito Go.