page_title: Ronald dela Rosa
section_title: Rise to prominence as head police chief and BuCor director (2016-2018)
hierarchical_section_title: Ronald dela Rosa / Police career / Rise to prominence as head police chief and BuCor director (2016-2018)
caption_attribution_description: English: President Rodrigo Duterte listens to the report of Philippine National Police Chief Ronald Dela Rosa in a meeting held in the State Dining Room in Malacañan on August 16. KING RODRIGUEZ/PPD
context_page_description: Ronald Marapon dela Rosa, also known as Bato, is a Filipino politician and retired Police General who is currently serving as Senator of the Philippines since 2019. He was Philippine National Police Chief from July 1, 2016 to April 19, 2018 and Director General of the Bureau of Corrections from April 30 to October 12, 2018.
context_section_description: Dela Rosa was handpicked by then presumptive President Rodrigo Duterte as the new PNP Chief on May 19, 2016.  On July 1, 2016, he was officially sworn in as the 21st chief of the Philippine National Police while being promoted to Director-General, the highest-ranked PNP officer. In October 2017, Dela Rosa accused Vice President Leni Robredo of having political ambitions to become president despite still working in her current job. After a few days, he hinted that he himself may run for president in 2022 and would double the pay of police officers if elected. He was set to retire on January 21 due to the mandatory retirement at age 56, but his term was extended for 3 months until April 21, 2018.
  During his stint as PNP chief, Dela Rosa made the headlines regularly as he led the controversial drug war and Oplan Tokhang operations throughout the country. Several groups including human rights groups and religious leaders strongly objected Dela Rosa and President Rodrigo Duterte's initiatives. The controversy has been widely condemned locally and internationally for the number of deaths resulting from police operations and allegations of systematic extrajudicial executions including planting fabricated evidence to make it appear a suspected drug personality has possession of drugs and resisted arrest from authorities. The drug-related killings reached up to the United Nations Human Rights Council as it caused a death toll total of 12,000 according to reports of  news organizations and human rights groups. On 2019, during his campaign Dela Rosa took pride of it as it lessened the crime rate and resulted into millions of drug personalities surrendering to the authorities.
  In May 2018, Dela Rosa was appointed as Director General of the Bureau of Corrections. He held the post from April 30, 2018 until October 12, 2018.
caption: President Rodrigo Duterte meeting with PNP Police Director General Ronald dela Rosa in the Malacañan Palace, August 2016.
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