Background and Education

Noble was born in

Dagupan City Dagupan , officially the City of Dagupan (, , ), is a 2nd class Cities in the Philippines, independent component city in the Ilocos Region, Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it had a population of 174,302 people. Located on Lingayen Gul ...

and was raised in Santa Barbara,

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. In 2024, he earned a post-graduate degree as Doctor of Public Safety and Security Governance at the

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. He earned the degree of Bachelor of Science in 1992 at the

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. He also holds a master's degree in Law Enforcement and Public Safety Leadership from the

University of San Diego The University of San Diego (USD) is a Private university, private Catholic Church, Catholic research university in San Diego, California, United States. Chartered in 1949 as the independent San Diego College for Women and San Diego University ...

in 2020, and a bachelor's degree in law from

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. In 2010, he was a student scholar and earned a graduate non-degree course on leadership as part of the Asia-Pacific Leadership Program at the

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in Hawaii He graduated from the

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in 2014 and at the same time earned a graduate certificate in Criminal Justice Administration from the

University of Virginia The University of Virginia (UVA) is a Public university#United States, public research university in Charlottesville, Virginia, United States. It was founded in 1819 by Thomas Jefferson and contains his The Lawn, Academical Village, a World H ...

Career

He is a Filipino diplomat and a International Peacekeeper, having served as a diplomat in the United States of America as Police Attaché and has served in two (2)

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peacekeeping missions: in

Kosovo Kosovo, officially the Republic of Kosovo, is a landlocked country in Southeast Europe with International recognition of Kosovo, partial diplomatic recognition. It is bordered by Albania to the southwest, Montenegro to the west, Serbia to the ...

(2000-2001) as part of the

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, and in

Haiti Haiti, officially the Republic of Haiti, is a country on the island of Hispaniola in the Caribbean Sea, east of Cuba and Jamaica, and south of the Bahamas. It occupies the western three-eighths of the island, which it shares with the Dominican ...

(2006-2007) as part of MINUSTAII (Mission des Nations Unies pour la stabilisation en Haiti). He was conferred by the

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in July 2009 as one of the Country's Outstanding Policemen in Service (COPS) and again in September of the same year as a recipient of the Presidential Lingkod Bayan Award in the nationwide search for outstanding government employees and public officials. Furthermore, he was a recipient of the Award for Continuing Excellence (ACES) medal by the Metrobank Foundation in 2014. He became the Director of the Police Community Affairs and Development Group in 2020. Noble acted as the Director of the

Philippine National Police Academy The Philippine National Police Academy () or PNPA, is a public safety school whose graduates are assigned as officers of the Philippine National Police (PNP), Philippine Public Safety College (PPSC), Bureau of Jail Management and Penology ...

from August 2022 to June 2023, where he emphasized the upholding the Honor Code to maintain integrity and reinforced the PNPA's stance against any form of

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. Noble was appointed Director for Investigation and Detective Management of the

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in June 2023. He retired from active PNP service in January 2024.

Awards and honors

Decorations

Noble received more than 135 medals and citations throughout his law enforcement career, including: * Pambihirang Paglilingkod PNP Service Medal

Pambihirang Paglilingkod PNP Service Medal

Medalya ng Pambihirang Paglilingkod (PNP Special Service Medal) * PHL Outstanding Achievement Medal

Medalya ng Katangitanging Gawa (PNP Outstanding Achievement Medal) * Medalya ng Kadakilaan (PNP Heroism Medal) * Medalya ng Kagalingan (PNP Medal of Merit) * PHL PNP Efficiency Medal

Medalya ng Kasanayan (PNP Efficiency Medal) * PHL PNP Commendation Medal

Medalya ng Papuri (PNP Commendation Medal) * Cavaliere SSML BAR

Medalya ng Paglilingkod (PNP Service Medal) * Medalya ng Katangitanging Asal (PNP Outstanding Conduct Medal) * Medalya ng Ugnayang Pampulisya (PNP Relations Medal) * Medalya ng Paglaban sa Manliligalig (PNP Anti-Dissidence Campaign Medal) * PHL PNP Disaster Relief and Rehabilitation

PHL PNP Disaster Relief and Rehabilitation

Medalya ng Pagtulong sa Nasalanta (PNP Disaster Relief and Rehabilitation Operations Campaign Medal) * Medalya ng Paglilingkod sa Mindanao (Mindanao Campaign Medal) * Military Merit Medal * PHL PNP Good Conduct Medal

Medalya ng Mabuting Asal (PNP Good Conduct Medal) *

Philippine Republic Presidential Unit Citation The Philippine Presidential Unit citation BadgeThe AFP Adjutant General, ''Awards and Decorations Handbook'', 1997, OTAG, p. 65. is a unit decoration of the Republic of the Philippines. It has been awarded to certain units of the United States ...

United Nations Medal for Kosovo * MINUSTAH Ribbon bar

United Nations Medal for Haiti

Civilian Awards

*Presidential Lingkod Bayan Award - 2009 *Metrobank Country's Outstanding Policemen in Service (COPS) - 2009 *Metrobank Foundation Award for Continuing Excellence and Service (ACES) - 2014

References

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Eric Noble
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