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COMMANDERS COL HOSPICIO TUAZON (19 Jan 53 - 1954) COL DELFIN DELA CRUZ BGEN RAMON GELVEZON (1 Sep 55 - 2 Feb 59) MAJ CONSTANTINO G NAVARRO (4 Feb - 13 May 59) MAJ BENJAMIN SANTIAGO (14 May 59 - 1 Jan 60) LTCOL DANIEL IWAY (2 Feb 60 - 30 Nov 61) COL SAFIO BAYRON (1 Dec 61 - 9 Jan 62) COL JOSE MARISTELA (10 Jan 62 - 22 Aug 63) COL FRANCISCO JIMENEZ (23 Aug 63 - 2 Sep 63) COL GAUDENCIO GARDI (3 Sep 63 - 3 Jun 64) COL BENJAMIN TOLENTINO (2 Jan 65 - 1Jan 66) COL ROBUSTIANO C JAVIER (11 Feb 66 - 12 May 66) COL FELIZARDO R TANABE (18 Mar 66 - 21 Sep 67) COL SIMPLICIO BELISARIO (22 Sep 67 - 16 Nov 67 BGEN PACENCIO S MAGTIBAY (16 Nov 67 - 31 Jan 68) BGEN CESAR M GARCIA (1 Feb 68 - 4 Jun 68) COL RAFAEL M DUMLAO JR (5 Jun 68 - 15 Dec 68) COL PALAYO C PEREZ (19 Jun 69 - 15 Dec 70) BGEN PROSPERO A OLIVAS (16 Dec 70 - 10 Nov 73) BGEN ANTONIO P UY (11 Nov 73 - 3 Aug 81) BGEN HERMOGENES PERALTA JR (1 Sept 81 - 15 Apr 85) BGEN ROMEO R ZULUETA (16 Apr 85 - 24 Mar 88) BGEN EVARISTO G CARIÑO (25 Mar 88 - 15 Apr 89) BGEN PANTALEON G DUMLAO (16 Apr 89 - 8 Feb 91) P/CSUPT VICENTE G VINARAO (9 Feb 91 - 19 Aug 92) P/CSUPT ANGEL H QUIZON (4 Mar 93 - 7 Feb 94) P/CSUPT ROMEO M ACOP (22 Feb 94 - 19 Jun 95) P/CSUPT RAMSEY OCAMPO (20 Jun 95 - 15 Jun 6) P/CSUPT EFREN Q FERNANDEZ (16 Jun 96 - 24 Aug 98) P/CSUPT LUCAS M. MANAGUELOD 25 Aug 98 - Present

EARLY BEGINNINGS The Criminal Investigation and Detection Group, widely known as the CIS, came into existence out of the great necessity of the Philippine Constabulary to organize a unit that would primarily handle the investigation of major crimes. This move aimed to free other constabulary units of the time consuming and highly specialized investigative works.  The Criminal Investigation and Detection Group (CIDG) has its beginnings in 1901 with the creation of the Information Section of the Insular Constabulary pursuant to Section 2 of Act 253 of the Philippine Commission. It was given the task of investigating crimes against the security of the state. Before the outbreak of World War II, it was renamed Information Division and later Police Affairs Division. On January 19, 1953 it was formally christened as the Criminal Investigation Service (CIS) under the C-2 Division of the Philippine Constabulary. It was given the task to "detect, investigate and prosecute major crimes in coordination with other law enforcement bodies." Sometime in 1960, CIS was placed under the C-3 Division. With the upsurged of criminality during the early 70's, it became necessary for all field units of the CIS to be placed under the direct command and control of a CIS Chief based in Camp Crame. The reorganization was contained in General Order Number 132, HPC dated January 1, 1971. In line with the reorganization of the PC into 12 Regional Commands, the CIS also underwent another change in its organizational set-up. Pursuant to GO Nr 135 HPC dated August 9, 1978. Twelve (12) CIS Regional Offices were created to provide investigative support to the PC/INP Regional Commands all over the country.  When RA 6975 was enacted into law in 1991, CIS continued to be the primary investigating arm of the Philippine National Police charged with the following missions: 1) Undertake the monitoring, investigation, and prosecution of all crimes involving economic sabotage, and other crimes of such magnitude and extent to indicate their commission by highly placed or professional criminal syndicates and organizations; and 2) Investigate all major cases involving violations of the Revised Penal Code and operate against organized crime groups, unless the President assigns the case exclusively to the National Bureau of Investigation. From then on, CIS was renamed Criminal Investigation Service Command (CISC) then to Criminal Investigation Command (CIC), Criminal Investigation Group in 1996 and finally renamed to PNP Criminal Investigation and Detection Group (CIDG) pursuant to NHQ LOI 49/96 code name "Detektib".