Elmer Jamias
{{Short description|Filipino police officer}}
{{COI|date=August 2017}}
{{Use Philippine English|date=March 2023}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=March 2023}}
{{Philippine name|Mejorada|Jamias}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| honorific-prefix = Honourable
| name = Elmer M. Jamias
| office = Deputy Director of the DICTM
Philippine National Police
| image = Elmer Jamias.jpg
| caption =
| preceded = Ricardo DC Zapata Jr.
| president = Rodrigo Duterte
| term_start = June 14, 2017
| term_end = November 21, 2018
| birth_name = Elmer Mejorada Jamias
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|mf=yes|1961|11|21}}
| birth_place = Paco, Manila
| spouse =
| children =
| parents =
| alma_mater = Wesleyan University
Philippine College of Criminology
Philippine National Police Academy
| party = People's Reform Party (2021–present)
Independent (2018–2021)
| module = {{Infobox police officer
| other_names =
|child=yes
| allegiance= {{flagicon|PHI}} Philippines
| service_label = Service
| service = Philippine National Police
| department_label = Divisions
| department =
| rank= 20px Police Chief Superintendent}}
}}
Elmer Mejorada Jamias (born November 21, 1961){{cite web|url=https://www.philstar.com/true-confessions/2003/12/06/230589/jamias-ika-35-labas|title=Jamias (Ika-35 labas)|author=Ronnie M. Halos|date=December 6, 2003|work=Pilipino Star Ngayon|access-date=September 10, 2019}} also known as Barako ng Maynila (fearless / tough guy of Manila),{{Cite news|url=http://cnnphilippines.com/news/2015/07/04/Jamias-and-selective-justice-praise.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150806041941/http://cnnphilippines.com/news/2015/07/04/Jamias-and-selective-justice-praise.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=August 6, 2015|title=Jamias and 'selective justice, praise'|last=Ho|first=Alex|date=July 15, 2015|work=CNN Philippines|access-date=August 12, 2017|language=en}} is a Filipino police officer. He previously served as Deputy Director of the Directorate of Information and Communication Technology Management from 2017 to 2018.{{cite web|url=http://www.pnp.gov.ph/images/transparency_seal/keyofficers/2017/KEYPOST-FOR-WEBSITE-July-31-2017.pdf|title=Philippine National Police key officers for July 2017|access-date=August 12, 2017}}{{Dead link|date=December 2019 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}
Law enforcement career
Jamias graduated with the Philippine National Police Academy Class of 1986.{{cite web|url=http://www.philstar.com/metro/2015/08/18/1489306/cop-who-defied-binay-new-eastern-police-district-chief|title=Cop who defied Binay is new Eastern Police District chief|last=Alquitran|first=Non|date=August 18, 2015|work=The Philippine Star|access-date=August 12, 2017}} In 1999, Jamias killed a criminal named Mike Ampuan, aka Macmod, responsible for the murders of six police officers; he later received the "Bayaning Pulis" (People's Police) award, which came with a reward of 100,000 Philippine pesos (1960 US$), due to his handling of Macmod.{{cite web|url=http://www.philstar.com/true-confessions/236150/jamias-ika-83-labas|title=Jamias (Ika-83 labas)|last=Halos|first=Ronnie M.|date=January 23, 2004|work=Pilipino Star Ngayon|access-date=August 12, 2017}} Also in 1999, Jamias was among the recipients of that year's Outstanding Manilan Award.
In June 2015, Jamias was involved in a confrontation with Vice President Jejomar Binay over Binay's son's access to Makati City Hall, during which Binay allegedly assaulted Jamias and other law enforcement officers at the scene.{{Cite news|url=http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/702184/police-exec-jamias-vp-mocked-my-being-a-cop-pnp-to-file-charges|title=Police exec Jamias: VP mocked my being a cop; PNP to file charges|last=Ramos|first=Marlon|date=July 2, 2015|work=Philippine Daily Inquirer|access-date=August 12, 2017|language=en}}{{cite web|url=http://entertainment.inquirer.net/173458/watch-jinggoy-estrada-played-elmer-jamias-in-2000-action-film|title=WATCH: Jinggoy Estrada played Elmer Jamias in 2000 action film|author=AJH|date=July 2, 2015|work=Philippine Daily Inquirer|access-date=August 12, 2017}} In August 2015, Jamias was made director of Manila's Eastern Police District (EPD); Jamias denied suggestions that the new post was a reward for his involvement in the confrontation with Vice President Binay several weeks earlier. On June 14, 2017, Jamias was made Deputy Director of the Directorate of Information and Communication Technology Management.
Politics
In October 2018, Jamias filed his candidacy for the vice-mayoralty of the city of Manila in the 2019 elections.[https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/10/14/18/ex-cop-elmer-jamias-to-run-for-manila-vice-mayor Ex-cop Elmer Jamias to run for Manila vice mayor] He ran as an independent, and finished third in the results (13,876 votes) behind re-elected Vice-Mayor Maria Sheilah "Honey" Lacuna-Pangan and ex-congressman Amado Bagatsing.
In popular culture
In 2000, Jamias was the subject of a film, Barako ng Maynila, (fearless / tough guy of Manila) inspired by his law enforcement career; Jamias was portrayed by Jinggoy Estrada, son of then-Philippine president Joseph Estrada, and the film was directed by Toto Natividad.
In 1994 film Pangako ng Kahapon, he played as Police Captain Bautista.{{Citation |title=Yesterday's Promise (1994) - IMDb |url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0390341/fullcredits |access-date=2023-12-12 |language=en}}
Jamias was also the subject of an eponymous series for the True Confessions literary column on Pilipino Star Ngayon. The series, written by Ronnie M. Halos, ran from 2003 to 2004 and is still available online.