STEPS IN POLICE OPERATIONAL PALNNING

1. Frame of References- This shall be based on a careful view of the matters

relating to the situation for which plans are being developed. Opinions or ideas
of persons who may speak with authority on the subjects and view of the police
commanders, other government officials, and other professionals shall be
considered.

2. Clarifying the Problems- This call dot the identification of the problems,
understanding both its records and its possible solution. A situation must exist
for which something must and can be done. For example, an area in a city or
municipality is victimized by a series of robbers. There is a need for reaching
the preliminary decision that robbers and be reduced in the area, and that the
pattern of operation, in general, is one by which the police can reduce them.

3. Collecting all Pertinent Facts- No attempt shall be made to develop a plan

until all facts relating to it have been carefully reviewed to determine the modus
operandi, suspects, types of victims, and such other information as may be
necessary. Facts relating to such matters as availability, deployment, and the
use of present personnel shall be gathered.

4. Developing the Facts- After all data have been gathered, a careful analysis
and evaluation shall be made. This provides the basis from which a plan or
plans are evolved. Only such facts as any have relevance shall be considered.

5. Developing Alternative Plans- In the initial phases of plan development,

several alternative measures shall be appear to be logically comparable to the
needs of a situation. As the alternative solutions are evaluated, one of the
proposed plans shall usually prove more logical than the others.

6. Selecting the Most Appropriate Alternative- A careful consideration of all

facts usually leads to the selection of the best alternative proposal.

7. Selling the Plans – A plan, to be effectively carried out, must be accepted by

persons concerned at the appropriate level of the plan’s development. For
example, in a robbery case, the patrol division head may be preparing the
plan. At the outset, the detective chief is concerned and shall be consulted. As
the planning develops, there may be a need to involve the head of the
personnel, records and communication units and all patrol officers.
 8. Arranging for the Execution of the Plan – the execution of a plan requires
the issuance of orders and directives to units and personnel concern, the
establishments of a schedule, and the provision of manpower and the
equipment for carrying out the plan. Briefings shall be held and assurance
shall be received that all involved personnel understood when, how, and what
is to be done.

9. Evaluating the Effectiveness of the Plan – The Results of the plan shall be
determined. This is necessary in order to know whether a correct alternative
was chosen, whether the plan was correct, which phase was poorly
implemented, and whether additional planning may be necessary. Also, the
effects of the executed plan or other operations and on total police operations
shall be determined. Follow-up is the control factor essential for effective
command management.
How Operational plans are executed in the PNP?
The plans are made, same shall be put into operation and the result thereof
evaluated accordingly. Operations in the PNP shall be directed by the police commander
to attain the following objectives: (1) protection of persons and properly; (2) preservation
of peace and order; (3) prevention of crimes; (4) repression of suppression of criminal
activities; (5) apprehension of criminals; (6) enforcement of laws and ordinances and
regulation of conduct; (7) safeguarding of public health and public morals; (8) prompt
execution of criminal writs and processes of the courts; and (9) coordination and
cooperation with other law enforcement agencies.
Prevention of Crimes- this activity requires the members of the PNP to mingle
with the members of the community where criminal activities originated and bred and
criminalistics tendencies of individuals are motivated to indulge in anti-social behavior;
and seek to minimize the causes of crime. This activity or mission also requires the
individual members of the PNP to understand the people and the environment in which
they live.
Repression or Suppression of Criminal Activities - This Activity or mission
emphasizes the presence of an adequate patrol system including the continuous effort
toward eliminating or reducing hazards as the principal means or reducing the
opportunities for criminal action. The saying “the mouse will play while the cat is away” is
equally true in law enforcement and in public safety. The presence of a policeman in
uniform would be deterred or discouraged the would- be criminal or would-be offender-
violator to commit crime or violate city or municipal ordinances and traffic rules and
regulations. Crime repression means the elimination of the opportunity that exists on the
part of the would-be criminal to commit a crime.
 Preservation of Peace and Order – this activity or mission requires the individual
members of the PNP to gain the sympathy of the community to close ranks in combating
crimes and any other anti- social behavior of the non- conformists of the law and order.
The community, therefore, should be informed through proper education, of their share
and involvement in law enforcement and public safety.
Protection of Lives and Properties- The responsibilities of the members of the
PNP in providing for the safety and convenience of the public are analogous with those
of the doctor. The doctors protect life by combating diseases while the PNP promotes
public safety by the elimination of hazards of accidents and in guarding the citizens
against the attacks of the bad elements of the society. The policeman though, has a
collateral responsibility in his obligation to protect life and proper- a responsibility that is
fundamental to every duty he performs. The police have the obligation to preserve the
citizen’s constitutional guarantees of liberty and the pursuit of happiness.
Enforcement of Laws and Ordinances- these activities and missions requires
the members of the PNP to constructively integrate or enforce and implement the laws of
the land and city/municipal ordinances without regard to the personal circumstances of
the individual citizens and any other persons sojourning in the Philippines. This is to
provide tranquility among members of society. These also include the regulations of non-
criminal conduct, specifically to obtain compliance through education of the public in the
dangers inherent in the disobedience of regulations. This makes use of warnings, either
oral or written, which informs the citizens but not to penalize.
Apprehension of Criminals – This activity defines specifically the power of the
police as possessed by every member of the integrated police, as a means to discourage
the would-be offender. The consequence of arrest and prosecution has a deterrent effect
intended to make crime or any unlawful act less worthwhile. Consequently, apprehension
and the imposition of punishment for the corresponding unlawful act committed, lessens
repetition by causing suspects to be incarcerated, and provides an opportunity for
reformation to those convicted by final judgement. This activity also includes the recovery
of stolen properly, in order to restrain those who are accessories to the crime and thereby
benefiting from the gains of crime.
Execution of Criminal Writs and Processes for the Courts - The responsibility
of the member’s pf the police, especially in the prompt execution of criminal writs and
processes of the courts is not so much to procure the conviction of one whom they
suspect of a criminal offense. It is to gather all of the facts pertaining to the incident
whether they are in favor of, or against, ant suspected person, and to present the facts
fairly and impartially to the proper court in order are in some respect officers in some
respect officers of the court, and those they exercise no judicial functions. They must
never forget that the whole scheme of justice founded upon the principle of fairness,
reason, and partiality in its administration. No member of the PNP shall compromise for
crime or relentless prosecution of criminals.
 Coordination and Cooperation with other Agencies - This activity requires the
duty of a commander of ant unit of the PNP and its unit subordinates to establish rapport
or good relationship with other law enforcement agencies of the government. Through
rapport, a police station commander and his subordinates may be able to government
whereby coordination and cooperation between them may be established. Coordination
is an essential conduct of command.
Safeguard Public Health and Morals – This involves many activities or mission
peripheral to basic law enforcement and public safety. Such as for Instance, sanitation,
search and rescue operations, licensing, inspection of buildings in order to determine
includes supervising elections, escort duties, civic actions, and many other activities of
missions related to law- enforcement and public safety.

FIELD OPERATIONS: How planning affects them?

Field Operations shall be directed by the police commander and the subordinate
commanders and the same shall be aimed at the accomplishment of the following primary
tasks more effectively and economy:
Patrol – The patrol force shall accomplish the primary responsibility of
safeguarding the community through the protection of persons and property, the
preservation of the peace, the prevention of crime, the suppressions of criminal activities,
the apprehension of criminals, the enforcement of laws and ordinances and regulations
of conduct, and performing necessary service and inspections.
Investigations – The basic purpose of the investigation division unit shall be to
investigate certain designated crimes and clear them by the recovery of stolen property
and the arrest and conviction of the perpetrators. To this end, the investigation division
shall supervise the investigation made by patrolman and undertake additional
investigation as may be necessary of all felonies.
Traffic Patrol – Police control of streets or highways, vehicles, and people shall
facilitate the safe and rapid movement of vehicles and pedestrians. To this movement,
congestion, delays, stopping and parking of vehicles must be lessened. Control of traffic
shall be accomplished in three (3) ways:
a. Causes of accidents and congestion shall be discovered, facts gathered and
analyzed for this purpose;
b. Causes shall be remedied, charges shall be made in physical condition that
create hazards, and legislation shall be enacted to regulated drivers and
pedestrians; and
c. The public shall be educated in the provisions of traffic and ordinances. Motorist
and pedestrians shall be trained in satisfactory movement. The police shall
initiate action and coordinate the efforts of the agencies that are concerned in
the activities.
 Vice Control - It shall be the determined stand of the PNP in the control of vices
to treat vice offenses as they shall do to any violation, and the exert efforts to eliminate
them, as there attempt to eliminate robbery, theft, and public disturbance. Control of vice,
shall be based on law rather than on moral percepts, and intensive operations shall close
coordinate between vice and criminal activities. Constant raids of known vice dens shall
be undertaken.
Juvenile Delinquency Control - Effective crime control necessitates preventing
the development of individuals as criminals. The police commander shall recognize a
need for preventing crime or correcting conditions that induce criminality and by
rehabilitating the delinquent.

STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES (SOP’s)

Standard Operating Procedures or SOP’s are products of police operational
planning adopted by the police organization to guide the police officers in the conduct of
their duties and functions, especially during field operations.
The following are Police Security Service Package of the PNP with the following
standard operating procedures and guidelines:

a. SOP #01 – POLICE BEAT PATROL PROCEDURES- This SOP prescribes the
basic procedures to be observed by all PNP Units and mobile patrol elements in
the conduct of visibility patrols.

b. SOP #02- BANTAY KALYE- this SOP prescribes the deployment of 85% of the
PNP in the field to increase police visibility and intensifies anti-crime campaign
nationwide.

c. SOP #03- SIYASAT- This SOP prescribes the guidelines in the conduct of
inspections to ensure police visibility.

d. SOP #04- REACT 166- REAT 166 was launched in 1992 as the people’s direct
link to the police to receive public calls for assistance and complaints for prompt
action by police authorities. This SOP prescribes the procedures in detail of Duty
Officers, Telephone Operations and Radio Operators for REACT 16; and their term
of duty and responsibilities.

e. SOP #5- LIGTAS (ANTI-KIDNAPPING) – with the creation of the Presidential Anti-
Organization Crime Task Force (PAOCTF), the PNP is now in support role in
 campaign against kidnapping in terms of personnel requirements. SOP #5 sets
forth the PNP’s guidelines in its fight against kidnapping activities.

f. SOP #6 – ANTI-CARNAPPING – this SOP prescribes the conduct of an all-out and

sustained anti camapping groups, identify/prosecute government personnel
involved in camapping activities, and to effectively address other criminal activities
related to car napping.

g. SOP #7 – ANTI-TERRORISM – This prescribes the Operational guidelines in the

conduct of operations against terrorists and other lawless elements involved in
terrorist activities.

h. SOP #8- JOINT ANTI-BANK ROBBERY ACTION COMMITTEE (ANTI-BANK

ROBBERY)- This SOP provides overall planning, integration, orchestration or
coordination, and monitoring of all efforts to ensure the successful implementation.

i. SOP #9- ANTI-HIJACKING/HIGHWAY POBBERY- This SOP sets forth the

guidelines and concepts of operations to be observed in the conduct of anti-
highway robbery/hold-up/hijacking operations.

j. SOP #10- PAGLALASAG/PAGAAYOS-HOPE – This SOP sets forth the concept

of operations and tasks of all concerned units in the campaign against Partisan
Armed Groups and loose fire.

k. SOP #11- MANHUNT BRAVO (NEUTRALIZATOIN OF WANTED PERSONS) –

This SOP sets forth the objectives and concept of operation task of all concerned
units in the neutralization of wanted persons.

l. SOP #12- ANTI- ILLEGAL GAMBLING- This SOP sets forth the operational thrust
to be undertaken by the PNP that will spearhead the fight against all forms of illegal
gambling nationwide.

m. SOP #13 – ANTI-SQUATTING – This SOP sets forth the concept of operation in
the campaign against professional squatters and squatting syndicates.

n. SOP #14 – JERICHO – This SOP prescribes the operational guidelines to be

undertaken by National Headquarter (NHQ) of PNP in the establishment of a quick
reaction group that can be detailed with the office of the Secretary of Interior and
 Local Government (SILG), with personnel and equipment requirements of that
reaction group supported by the PNP.

o. SOP #15 – NENA (ANTI-PROSTITUTION/VAGRACY) – This SOP sets forth the

operational thrusts to be undertaken by the PNP that will spearhead the fight
against prostitution and vagrancy.

p. SOP #16 – ANTI-PRONOGRAPHY – This prescribes the guidelines to be followed

by tasked PNP Units/Officers in enforcing the ban on pornographic pictures, videos
and magazines.

q. SOP #17 – GUIDELINES IN THE CONDUCT OF ARREST, SEARCH, AND

SEIZURE- This SOP prescribes the procedures and manner of conducting an
arrest, raid, search and/or search of person, and search of any premises and the
seizure of properties pursuant to the 1987 Philippine Constitution, Rules of Court,
as amended and updated decision of the Supreme Court.

r. SOP #18 0 SCHEMATIC DIAGRAM OF SANDIGAN MASTER PLAN

s. SOP #19- ANTI-ILLEGAL LOGGING
t. SOP #20 – ANTI ILLEGAL FISHING
u. SOP #21 – ANTI-ILLEGAL DRUGS

The acronym SMART describing the characteristics of a Plan:

S- IMPLE
M- EASURABLE
A- TTAINABLE
R- EALISTIC
T- IME BOUND