Getulio Napeñas

Retired PDIR
Getulio Napeñas
Commander of the PNP Special Action Force
In office
December 11, 2013  January 27, 2015
PNP ChiefPDir.Gen. Alan Purisima
Preceded byPDir. Carmelo E. Valmoria
Succeeded byPCSupt. Moro Virgilio Lazo
Regional Director of the Police Regional Office–13 (CARAGA)
In office
January 2012  December 2013
Provincial Director of the South Cotabato Provincial Police Office
In office
2005–2006
Personal details
Born
Getulio Pascua Napeñas, Jr.

(1959-07-18) July 18, 1959
Philippines
Political partyUNA (2016)
Alma materPhilippine Military Academy
Police career
ServicePhilippine National Police
Allegiance Philippines
Divisions
  • Special Action Force
  • Police Regional Office–13 (CARAGA)
  • Records Management Division
  • South Cotabato Police Office
  • Philippine Police Contingent to Kosovo
  • Philippine Police Contingent to East Timor
  • Directorate for Logistics, NHQ PNP
  • Regional Mobile Force (RMF) ARMM
  • Police Contingent to the UN Mission in Cambodia
  • Philippine Constabulary Training Division
  • PC/INP Regional Command 12 (RECOM 12)
  • 54th Philippine Constabulary, PC/INP Regional Command 12
Service years1978–2015
Rank Police Director

Getulio Pascua Napeñas, Jr. (born July 18, 1959) is a Filipino politician and retired police officer who served as commander of the Philippine National Police Special Action Force (SAF) from 2013 until 2015. He is blamed for the ill-fated Mamasapano clash but earned praise as a man of principle and a true leader of the people.