03/09/2026
P/Capt. Reynaldo Jaylo
Greatness and excellence are indeed his birthmark. He was born on May 8, 1945 at Bogon, Casiguran, Sorsogon. He was a gifted child. He spent his elementary and high school days at Boton Elementary School, Casiguran, Sorsogon and Sorsogon Provincial High School. In elementary, he graduated as Valedictorian. In college, he took up mechanical engineering and Bachelor of Science in Management and Industrial Engineering at Mapua Institute of Technology in 1962 to 1979.
In 1971, his colorful police career started as Patrolman on Beat at Police District #9, Manila Police Department until he rose from the rank to Police Captain and became an NBI agent during the time of Director Alfredo Lim. His gallant effort in leading several successful operations resulting in the arrest and neutralizing of suspected criminal elements trying to muddle the country's peace and order situation. Among those criminal elements he busted involved robberies and drug trafficking. In his time, newspapers and broadcast media cannot deny the heroism he displays against these law violators. He is regarded as the Philippines' Anti-Drug James Bond and sharpshooting ace of the NBI.
Rising on a fast track with his highly commendable accomplishments, on a shooting affray, three suspects linked to the United Bamboo Gang, were being tailed not far from the Manila Midtown Hotel by him along with two fellow agents, the three fugitives made a mistake of jumping off the car and attempting to shoot it out with his team. He dropped one, Ize Chi-Ming, with the head and chest shot, while his teammate hit Gabriel Tan direct in the head. It may sound bloodthirsty, but with criminality on a rampage, citizens cowering in fear in their own homes which could be raided day or night and violated by akyat-bahay robbers and ra**st, facing murder on the streets by bums and hotheads, the peaceful citizens are relieved to know that they still have lawmen who can meet these gunmen bullet for bullet and win out in an exchange of gunfire.
The criminal justice system today cannot deny that there are some impediments in its normal operations due to the presence of misfits within its five pillars. Likewise, the presence of scumbaglawyers harassing law enforcers and decent folk with legal mumbo-jumbo and tying them up in "legal" knots, will cow the "good guys" and uphold the villains. He himself had been a victim of his own success. He got into trouble with the military when he and his "buy bust" team gunned down Col. Rolando de Guzman and Major Franco Calanog at the Magallanes Commercial Center in Makati, on July 10, 1990. The two suspects had been "passing on", the National Bureau of Investigation reported, 10 kilograms of he**in. The former PMA classmates of the slain officers reacted furiously, insisted on giving the two dead men a military burial with honors and tried to get his head. He was "cleared" but it made him too hot in the police department. He opted for early retirement losing more than P180,000 in pension benefits by doing so. He was snapped up by his friend, Gen. Alfredo Lim and appointed him as his top agent.
The motion picture about him, Batas sa
Batas, broke all box office records and garnered millions of pesos at the ticket windows in just a few weeks. In short, the public has rendered its verdict: wholehearted support for his two-fisted, two-gun methods. The motion picture portrayed the life in his never-ending war against prohibited drug dealers, foreign gangs and Chinese triads (criminal secret societies) who were active in drug running throughout the Philippines -such notorious groups as Hong Kong's 14 K, White Hand, and Taiwan's Bamboo Gang. Then there are those spin-offs like the Big Four, the Chin Chow, the Wo Family and the Hong Kong-based Big Circle.
Never hesitating to charge into a gunfight, he has killed such notorious international drug traffickers as those 14-K gangsters Peter Yang and Wen Chen-Chin, in a shootout near the Midtown Hotel. Another drug trafficker shot down by him was Diallo Mamadou, who was slain in an Ermita encounter. The dead dealer - a "colored" man - was found to be carrying American, Nigerian and other African passports. Also slain were foreign traffickers Simon Chen, Nick Sese and a body-guard. The three were picked off during a running gunbattle which raged from Quirino Avenue to San Marcelino Street. Among the items recovered was a submachine gun with silencer.
He also gunned down the "untouchable"
Manuel "Kid" Paz of Calixto Dyco Street, Paco.
A policeman was seriously wounded in that gun-fight. Paz was allegedly considered untouchable.
Then there was the dreaded drug pusher
"Durango" alias Renato Nicolas, who got his comeuppance in a shootout near the University of Sto Tomas. Durango rode high wide and handsome for many years owing to "police protection."
Next was big time pusher Jordan Co, who was mowed down in a shootout in Malate. This very influential local crimelord used to be popular with cops, media persons and some politicians.
Jaylo has also killed such untouchable police characters as Quiricada, Federico Mendoza alias
"Sioktong", who was "big time" in shabu, with some of his best customers well-known movie and showbiz personalities as well as a number of wealthy VIPs.
One of his biggest "score" was the chieftain of the United Bamboo Gan Triad, Wong Tak alias Raymund Wong, alias Wang Te Wang, alias Chai Heng Kang, alias Nhieu-Quang-Duc, when he tried to shoot it out during a raid on his shabu manufacturing laboratory along Dart Street, Paco.
He doesn't "kill 'em all" but often bring them back alive (like that old-time adventurer and animal-trapper Frank Buck). Among those he arrested were the powerful "Tres Marias" of Pavia Street, Tondo. He also nabbed the "queen of the shabu pushers" Jane Sugay, in a buy-bust raid near UST. Slippery Jane had foiled arrest several times previously by "bribing" her captors. It was Jaylo who also arrested that clever travel racketeer and counterfeit genius, Emmanuel "Nonoy" Bala, whose forged Philippine and American passports as well as fake US Visas were almost as genuine-looking as the real thing.
Jaylo's sleuthing further resulted in the arrest in Paranaque of the Hong Kong fugitive, Ng Kin Kwan, alias Sammy Ng, who was later extradited to Hong Kong. The captain also tracked down and grabbed Gregory Gulick Fowler, 49, who ran a fake recruitment business which illegally recruited Filipinos. The culprit had sent his victims with false documents to Europe (where they were promptly arrested and deported back here. The victims had paid Gulick amounts ranging from P90,000 to P120,000. Among those he recently picked up was Taiwan's most wanted criminal, David Wang alias Wang Weilin, whom Jaylo turned over to the Bureau of Immigration and Deportation and subsequent repatriation to Taipei. The list of arrested drug pushers and powerful drug lords is too lengthy to retail here.
Capt. Reynaldo H. Jaylo is a recipient of
"Medal of Valor" by the International Narcotic Enforcement Officers Association, Inc. In his gallantry in the police service, he received one Wounded Personnel Medal, Leadership Award Medal, Two Sharpshooter Medals and various letters and plaques of appreciation and recognition from international and local associations and or-ganizations. Likewise, in 1984 the Southern Police District awarded him as one of the Ten Outstanding Policemen and in 1988 he was awarded as one of the Ten Outstanding Policemen of the Philippines.
In his police career, he was the first Filipino police officer to be recognized as member of the International Association of Bomb Technicians and Investigators (IABTI) after graduating from the Louisiana State Police Academy, Louisiana, USA in 1987 when he took the Explosive Counter Measures Course Training. He was also the first Filipino officer trained at North Tonawanda, New York, USA in PR-24 Baton Intermediate Instructor and first Filipino officer to join and be accredited as member of the American Society of Law Enforcement Trainors (ASLET). In his Police Basic Course, he was the Class President and the Class topnotcher, the same with his Police Supervisory Course and placed number 8 in the Narcotics and Dangerous Drug Control Course.
As a public safety officer, he believes that fi****ms should only be used as a last recourse against the criminals. That's why he keeps abreast with the latest hand-to-hand combat and disarming techniques. Capt. Jaylo is a judo blackbelter and in his capacity as the DILG Assistant Secretary for Public Safety, officers and men of the Philippine National Police, Bureau of Fire Protection and Bureau of Jail Management and Penology should have an abundant knowledge in martial arts to refrain them from using their fi****ms in the arrest of criminals and enforcing the law and order.
Capt. Reynaldo Jaylo may be considered a
"stout-hearted man" because he did not stop serving the country and its people after his early re-tirement. Instead, he opted to continue on, in the process, holding different government positions to continue his selfless service to the Filipino people.
To mention a few, he became the Assistant Secretary to the Mayor for Management and Special Services; Chief, Mayor's Action Group for Investigation and Complaints (MAGIC); City As-sessor, Department of Assessment; Chairman, Manila Athletic Sports Council; Chairman, Veterinary Inspection Board; and Chairman, Citizen's Drugwatch, all within the City of Manila. At present, he is the president of the Philippine Amateur Judo Association; President, Philippine Federation of Pankration Athlima; and General Sec-retary, Judo Union of Asia. Capt. Reynaldo H.
Jaylo, with his exemplary and dedicated services to the Filipino people, deserves the Legion of Honor and may be considered one of the so-called “Bayaning Filipino". (Excerpts from 100th WPD anniversary book and Photo credits to Mr. Liao)
