By: Ms. Cazandra P.

Areta
 Philippine Police System
The Philippine National Police ( Pambansang Pulisya ng Pilipinas, abbreviated PNP)
is the armed, civilian national police force in the Philippines. Its national headquarters is
at Camp Crame in Quezon City, Metro Manila, and it has 170,000 personnel.

It is administered and controlled by the National Police Commission and is part of the
Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG). Local police officers are operationally
controlled by municipal mayors. DILG, on the other hand, organizes, trains and equips the PNP for
the performance of police functions as a police force that is national in scope and civilian in character.

The PNP was formed on January 29, 1991 when the Philippine Constabulary and the Integrated
National Police were merged pursuant to Republic Act 6975 of 1990.
 THE PNP ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURE
In order to accomplish the mission, powers and functions of the PNP, its structure was
provided for as follows:
1. The PNP Command Group is headed by the Chief PNP who is vested with the power to
command and direct the PNP. He is also assisted by two Deputies assigned to the administration
of the PNP and one for operations side.
2. The Chief of the Directorial Staff serves as the Chief Operations Officer of the PNP. He
coordinates, supervises, and directs the Directorial Staff and the PNP units in the performance of
their respective functions.
3. The Internal Affairs Service (IAS) is headed by a Inspector General who assists the Chief
PNP in ensuring operational readiness and investigates infractions of the regulations committed
by the members of the PNP.
4. The Human Rights Affairs Office (HRAO) is headed by a senior police commissioned officer
who serves as a manager of the facility that will supervise the implementation of the guidelines
and policies on human rights laws.
5. The Center for Police Strategy Management (CPSM) serves as the Central facility of the
PNP
in coordinating and integrating all strategy management processes, sustaining its strategy
execution and management, and instilling in the organization a culture of strategy focus.
6. The Directorial Staff is composed of 16 directorates. Every Director in each unit has also his
defined function in line with his specialization as follows:
a) The Directorate for Personnel and Records Management (DPRM). The director
optimizes the utilization of personnel resources both from the PNP- uniformed and
nonuniformed personnel.
b) The Directorate for Intelligence (DI). The director manages the gathering/collating of
intelligence objectives through effective management of all intelligence and counter-
intelligence activities of the PNP. He also serves as the linkage of all foreigners with
official transactions with the chief PNP.
c) The Directorate for Operations (DO). The director exercises the command, the
control, the direction, the coordination and the supervision of all activities on PNP
operations such as deployment and employment of personnel.
d) The Directorate for Logistics (DL). The director administers and manages material
resources needed for the PNP operations.
e) The Directorate for Plans (DPL). The director plans and programs strategic PNP
operations. He also represents the PNP in the inter-agency and international affairs on
peace and order.
f) The Directorate for Comptrollership (DC). The director administers and manages the
fiscal financial resources.
g) The Directorate for Police-Community Relations (DPCR). The director formulates
and implements community -related activities, programs and projects. He also supervises
the PNP Salaam Police Center to undertake close monitoring, networking and liaisoning
activities with the Muslim communities in addressing terrorism and lawless violence in
their respective areas to guarantee that the Muslims are not discriminated, oppressed or
singled-out.
h) The Directorate for Investigation and Detective Management (DIDM). The director
coordinates. Controls and supervises all investigation activities.
i) The Directorate for Human Resource and Doctrine Development (DHRDD). The
director formulates policies on matters pertaining to human resources and doctrine
development.
j) The Directorate for Research and Development (DRD). The director engages in
research and development and does testing and evaluation of self-reliant projects.
k) The Directorate for Information and Communications Technology Management
(DICTM). The director integrates and standardizes all the PNP information systems and
resources to further improve the frontline services.
l) Five (5) Directorates for Integrated Police Operations (DIPOs). The Directors of the
clustered areas for Integrated Police Operations, namely: Eastern Mindanao, Western
Mindanao, Visayas, Southern and Northern Luzon are given the responsibility to direct
and to supervise the conduct of integrated anti-criminality, internal security,
counterterrorism operations, to promote inter-operability with the Armed Forces of the
Philippines, and to provide a system to promote regional socio-economic development.
The twelve (12) operational support units and their respective functions are as
follows:

1. Maritime Group (MG). This group is responsible to perform all police functions over Philippine
Territorial waters, lakes, and rivers along coastal areas to include ports and harbors and small
islands for the security and the sustainability development of the maritime environment.
2. Intelligence Group (IG). This group serves as the intelligence and counter-intelligence
operating unit of the PNP.
3. Police Security and Protection Group (PSPG). This group provides security to government
vital installations, government officials, visiting dignitaries and private individuals authorized to
be given protection.
4. Criminal Investigation and Detection Group (CIDG). This group monitors, investigates,
prosecutes all crimes involving economic sabotage, and other crimes of such magnitude and
extent as to indicate their commission by highly placed or professional criminal syndicates and
organizations. It also conducts organized- crime -control, all major cases involving violations of
the revised penal Code, violators of SPECIAL LAWS assigned to them such as Anti-hijacking,
Anti-Carnapping and Cyber crimes among others and atrocities committed by Communist Party
of the Philippines (CPP)/New People’s Army (NPA)/National Democratic Front (NDF).
5. Special Action Force (SAF). This group is a mobile strike force or a reaction unit to augment
regional , provincial, municipal and city police force for civil disturbance control, internal security
operations, hostage-taking rescue operations, search and rescue in times of natural calamities,
disasters and national emergencies and other special police operations such as ant-hijacking,
anti-terrorism, explosives and ordnance disposal. On a special note, the PNP Air Unit is placed
under the supervision of SAF.
6. Aviation Security Group (AVEGROUP). This group provides security to all airports
throughout the country.
7. Highway Patrol Group (HPG). This group enforces the traffic laws and regulations, promote
safety along the highways, enhances traffic safety consciousness through inter- agency
cooperation concerning Police Traffic Safety Engineering, Traffic Safety Education and Traffic
Law enforcement functions and develops reforms in the crime prevention aspect against all
forms of lawlessness committed along National Highway involving the use of motor vehicles.
8. Police-Community Relations Group (PCRG). This group undertakes and orchestrates
Police Community Relations program and activities in partnership with concerned government
agencies, the community, and volunteer organizations in order to prevent crime and attain a
safe and peaceful environment.
9. Civil Security Group (CSG). This group regulates business operations and activities of all
organized private detectives, watchmen, security guards/agencies and company guard forces.
It also supervises the licensing and registration of firearms and explosives.
10. Crime Laboratory (CL). This group provides scientific and technical, investigative aide and
support to the PNP and other investigative agencies. It also provides crime laboratory
examination, evaluation and identification of physical evidence gathered at the crime scene with
primary emphasis on medical, biological and physical nature.
11. PNP Anti-Kidnapping Group (PNP-AKG). This Group serves as the primary unit of the PNP
in addressing kidnapping menace in the country and in handling hostage situations. And
12. PNP Anti-Cybercrime Group (PNP-ACG). This Group is responsible for the implementation
of pertinent laws on cybercrimes and anti-cybercrime campaigns of the PNP.
PNP Ranks