CONFIDENTIAL

Republic of the Philippines

NATIONAL POLICE COMMISSION
PHILIPPINE NATIONAL POLICE
POLICE COMMUNITY AFFAIRS AND DEVELOPMENT GROUP
Regional Police Community Affairs and Development Unit 7
Camp Sergio Osmeña Sr. Cebu City

Captivating the journey of PCOL LEONCIO BALTAR BALIGUAT, JR as he embarks on

another milestone.

We are about to explore the significant events, challenges and personal growth that shape
PCOL LEONCIO BALTAR BALIGUAT, JR as a leader in the Police service

PCOL LEONCIO BALTAR BALIGUAT, JR. is a proud son of a farmer, Mr. & Mrs.
Leoncio Baliguat, Sr., who raised him in the majestic Province of Agusan del Sur, in the
land where you can amazingly experience seemingly unending waves of verdant hills,
loving tall trees and laughing rivers which keep on winding by.

Poverty was the day-to-day challenge of the family, he has to walk about 6
kilometers a day to go to school, most often covered with darkness and rain.

Perhaps a glimpse of his past could be so instructive yet inspiring. After he

graduated in High School, he stopped studying due to such depressing poverty. Even so,
he was never daunted, rather, he took that opportunity to serve in the vineyard of the Lord
along with the group of the Catholic Faith Defenders, even at a young age. After a year of
apostolic works, he met benevolent persons, Ate Elvie Ave and Mr. Cristobal Cellan, who
encouraged him to pursue a degree even as a working student.

Joggling work, study, and spiritual vocation were getting more pressing and seemed
insurmountable. After all, he has to burn his midnight candles to hurdle those challenges,
as he promised to himself that his future children would never experience the same
hardships.

In spite of being a working student, he has consistently maintained his scholastic

records. Behind such hectic schedule, still, he was able to pursue extra-curricular activities
and developed his leadership skills, as well.

Thus, on his second year, he was elected as the Class President. Consequently, he
was also nominated and elected twice as Vice President and Committee Chairman of the
Supreme Student Council (SSC) on the succeeding years.

Immediately after graduating in college, he worked as secondary school teacher at

Agusan del Sur National High School, night class. Once again, his work was synchronously
done with his review for the Teacher’s Board Examinations. His sacrifices and pains,
however, were not in vain, as he successfully passed the Licensure Examinations for
Teachers. This has become the usual outline with all other courses which he has undertook
later. For him, work and study can still be very complementary, although, both are
absolutely time demanding.

In some ways, his calling has brought him in the fields of law enforcement. He
entered the service as Police Officer 1 in 1998 under the Criminal Investigation and
Detection Group (CIDG). While on training, he also served as the Class President (CIDG &
HPG). Just after he graduated from his PSBRC, he immediately entered the Cadetship
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Program of the Philippine National Police Academy in 1999. As a cadet, he was also
appointed as the Company Commander and Class Vice President at the same time. His
leadership skills were consistently honed because when he took his Officers Advance
Course, he was also chosen as the Class President.

Indeed, he is the embodiment of the PNP program dubbed as ‘Pulis ko Titser ko’, as
he is a licensed professional teacher and a graduate of Bachelor in Secondary Education,
Major in English which he has earned from the prestigious Philippine Normal University –
Mindanao. His second degree, Bachelor of Science in Public Safety, was earned from the
prominent Philippine National Police Academy (PNPA) in 2002. He also took his Master in
Public Administration (MPA) from Southwestern University in 2014. Recently, he has finally
acquired the most coveted Juris Doctor from the University of Southern Philippines in Cebu
City.

He is indeed a well-rounded officer and a servant leader, as well, whose skills in

administration, operation, intelligence, investigation, and community policing resonate with
exuding competence which he has acquired from hours of various trainings and years of
field experiences.

He holds 8 professional eligibilities which include the following: under NAPOLCOM

Eligibilities he passed: Police Executive Service Eligibility (PESE), Police Superintendent
Eligibility, and Police Inspector Eligibility; while under Professional Regulations Commission
Eligibility, he passed the Licensure Examination for Teachers (LET); under Civil Service
Eligibilities, he passed also the Career Executive Service-Written Examination (CESWE),
Career Service Police Officer Eligibility, Career Service Professional Eligibility, and Career
Service Sub-Professional Eligibility.

Behind all of those monumental milestones in his career, is his loving family. He is
happily married to Nelona Asentista-Baliguat, and blest with four lovely children. True to his
promise, his children would not be working students anymore, although, he instilled with
them the values of discipline, courage and hard-work. They, too, must decide for their lives
and for their future. A decision that would spell the difference between success and failures,
though, their futures are yet to be drawn.