Published May 8, 2021, 2:01 PM Former national police spokesman Lt. Gen. Dionardo Bernardo Carlos was designated as the number four man of the Philippine National Police (PNP) in a major revamp that was triggered by the retirement of Gen. Debold Sinas. Carlos assumed the position of the Chief Directorial Staff, which is equivalent to the position of Chief Operations Officer in private companies. A member of the Philippine Military Academy (PMA) Class of 1988, Carlos got the position as he was the first in line in order of seniority in the PNP. He served as a PNP spokesman in 2017 before he was named as the director of the Aviation Security Group. He also served as the director of the Directorate for Information and Communications Technology (DICTM) and the Directorate for Police Community Relations (DPCR) before he was designated as the director of the Directorate for Integrated Police Operations- Visayas where he earned his third star.