Jovie Espenido

Jovie Espenido
PLTCOL Jovie Espenido in 2020
Personal details
Born
Jovie R. Espenido

(1968-10-19) October 19, 1968 (age 56)
San Miguel, Surigao del Sur, Philippines[1]
SpouseShiela Bandal
Children3 daughters
OccupationPoliceman
NicknameDuterte's Drug War Poster Boy[1][2][3][4]
Police career
ServicePhilippine National Police
Police offices
    • Police Regional Office 7
    • Police Regional Office 10
    • Police Regional Office 8
    • Misamis Occidental Police Provincial Office
    • Bacolod City Police Office
    • Leyte Police Provincial Office
    • Samar Police Provincial Office
    • Negros Oriental Provincial Mobile Force Company
Service years1996-2024
Rank Police Lieutenant Colonel

Police Lieutenant Colonel Jovie Espenido[5][6] is a controversial[7][8][9][10][11] retired Filipino police officer known as a crusader against illegal drugs.[12]

  1. ^ a b Cite error: The named reference posterboy was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ "BZZZZZ: They suspected Espenido but chose not to tarnish 'poster boy' image". SunStar. 14 February 2020.
  3. ^ "The Poster Boy is a Narco Cop".
  4. ^ "'Ngayon good boy ka, bukas bad boy ka': Bato vouches for Espenido". 18 February 2020.
  5. ^ Co, Adrian Stewart (February 18, 2020). "Controversial Police Lt. Col Espenido not yet off the book". www.panaynews.net. Retrieved 2020-06-30.
  6. ^ Ellera, Teresa D. (2020-03-03). "Espenido in trouble". Sunstar. Retrieved 2020-06-29.
  7. ^ "Controversial 'drug war' cop Espenido on Duterte's narcolist". ABS-CBN News. 12 February 2020. Retrieved 2020-06-29.
  8. ^ "Controversial Espenido surfaces, thanks Duterte for standing by him". Manila Bulletin News. Retrieved 2020-06-29.
  9. ^ Gonzales, Cathrine (2020-02-12). "Controversial cop Espenido distances self from alleged inclusion in drugs watchlist". INQUIRER.net. Retrieved 2020-06-29.
  10. ^ Gelera, Shiela (October 2019). "Controversial cop assigned to Bacolod". www.visayandailystar.com. Retrieved 2020-06-29.
  11. ^ Diestro, Dynah; ABS-CBN (3 September 2018). "Controversial cop Espenido to run for mayor of Ozamiz City". ABS-CBN News. Retrieved 2020-07-01.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  12. ^ "Expedite investigation on Jovie Espenido". INQUIRER.net. 2020-02-14. Retrieved 2020-06-29.