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The Philippine National Police (Premier Law Enforcement Agency)

Objective/s:

At the end of the lesson, the students will be able to identify the
different personalities in the field of law enforcement administration and to
be familiar with the different laws related to policing.

Lesson 1

Important Personalities

William Howard Taft – first civil governor of the Philippines

Capt. George Curry - first Chief of Police of the Manila Police Department
Capt. Columbus E. Piatt – last American Chief of Police of Manila Police
Department before the World War II broke out.
Capt. Henry T. Allen – first Chief of Police of the Philippine Constabulary
Brig. Gen. Rafael Crame – became the first Filipino Chief of Police of the
Philippine Constabulary.
Col. Antonio C. Torres – first Filipino Chief of Police of the Manila Police
Department when it became an all Filipino police organization.
Col. Marcus Ellis Jones – first Chief of Police of the Manila Police
Department upon the liberation of Manila from the Japanese Imperial
Army.
Col. Lamberto T. Jalavera – first Chief of Police of Manila Police
Department under the Republican government of then Pres. Roxas.

Related Laws:
Republic Act # 4864 (Police Act of 1966) – it was enacted on September
8, 1966 which created the Office of Police Commission which was later
called NAPOLCOM.
Presidential Decree # 765 – it was enacted on August 8, 1975 which
created the Integrated National Police and provides for the NAPOLCOM
to be under the Office of Ministry of National Defense
Republic Act #6040 (Tolentino Law) – empowering the Police
Commission to give appropriate examinations to officers and members
of police force aimed at professionalizing police services.

Republic Act #6975 (Department of Interior and Local Government

Act of 1990) – establishing the Philippine National Police. Enacted
December 13, 1990 which abolished the PC-INP and created agencies
under the DILG (PNP, BFP, BJMP & PPSC).

Republic Act #8551 (PNP Reform and Reorganization Act of 1998) –

created on February 25, 1998 which provides for the reformation and
professionalization of the PNP.

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RA1200 (2018)

The Philippine National Police (Premier Law Enforcement Agency)

Recruitment, training, assignment, placement, performance

evaluation, promotion, separation and retirement in the PNP

Standard Policy on Selection and Appointment

No person shall be appointed as uniformed member of PNP unless he

or she possesses the following minimum qualifications:

1. A citizen of the Philippines;

2. A person of good moral conduct;
3. Must have passed the psychiatric, drug and physical tests to be
administered by the PNP or by Government hospital accredited by the
NAPOLCOM for the purpose of determining physical and mental health;
4. Must possess a formal baccalaureate degree form a recognized
institution for learning;
5. Must be eligible in accordance with the standards set by the
commission (entrance exam and Civil service Exam);
6. Must not have been dishonorably discharged from military
employment or dismissed for cause from any civilian position in the
government;
7. Musty not have been convicted by final judgment of an offense/crime
involving moral turpitude;
8. Height requirement – 5’4” (1.62m) for male and 5’2” (1.57m) for
females or 5’2” for males and 5’0” for females under the waiver
program.
9. Weight requirement – must not be more or less 5 kilograms of the
standard weight corresponding to his/her height, age and sex.
10. Age requirement – for new applicants, must not be less than 21
years of age at the time of application or more than 30 years of age.

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Police Appointment
Any applicant who meets the general qualifications for appointment to
police service and who passes the tests required in the screening procedures
shall be recommended for initial appointment and shall be classified as
follows:

Temporary – if the applicant passes through the waiver program as

provided by RA 8551
Probationary – if the applicant passes through the regular screening
procedures
Permanent – if the applicant able to finish the required field training
program for permanency.

Waiver for Initial Appointment to the PNP:

The age, height and weight and educational requirements for
initial appointment to the PNP may be waived only when the number of
qualified applicants falls below the minimum annual quota.
The NAPOLCOM may grant waiver of age, height, weight or
educational requirements.
Waiver of age may be granted provided the applicant should not be
less than 20 or over 35 years of age.
Waiver of the height requirement may be granted to male applicant
who is at least 1.57m and 1.52m for female applicants; provided that the
NAPOLCOM may set a lower height requirement for applicants who belong to
cultural minorities duly certified by the Office of Muslim Affairs of the
Appropriate Government Entity. Provided, further, that the NAPOLCOM
may require said applicant to submit their membership in a certain cultural
minority.
An applicant who is granted a weight requirement shall be given
reasonable time but not exceeding 6 months within which to comply with
said requirements.
The requirement shall be waived in the following: age, height,
weight, education

Appointment by Lateral Entry

In general, all original appointment for Commissioned Officers (CO) in

the PNP shall commenced with the rank of Inspector to include those with
highly technical qualifications applying for the PNP technical services, such
as dentist, optometrist, nurses, engineers, and graduates of forensic
sciences. Doctors of Medicine, members of the Bar and Chaplains
shall be appointed to the Rank of Senior Inspector in their particular
technical services. Graduates of the PNPA shall be automatically
appointed to the initial rank of Inspector. Licensed Criminologist may be
appointed to the rank of Inspector to fill up any vacancy.

Training Programs

A. Basic Recruit Training (6 months) – The most basic of all police

training which is a pre-requisite to permanent appointment. It is conducted
to insure uniformity in the standard of instruction and course contents.

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This course shall not be less than 6 months. A training week shall
normally consist of 40 hours of scheduled instructions.

B. The PNP Field Training (12 months)

Is the process by which an individual police officer who is recruited into the
service receives formal instruction on the job for special and defined
purposes and performs actual job functions with periodic appraisal on his
performance and progress.
Under RA 8551, all uniformed members of the PNP shall undergo s field
training program involving actual experience and assignment in patrol, traffic
and investigation as a requirement for permanency of their appointment.
The program shall be for 12 months inclusive of the Basic Recruit Training
Course for non-officers and the Officer Orientation Course or Officer Basic
Course for officers.

C. The In-Service Training Program (Supervisory, Leadership,

Management)

Appropriate Training Courses for PNP Personnel

For patrolman/woman to corporal -Police Basic Course
For Staff Sergeant to Master Sergeant -Junior Leadership Course
For Senior Master Sgt. Executive and Master Sgt -Senior Leadership
Course
For Lieutenant -Officers Candidate Course
For Captain -Officers Basic Course
For Major -Officers Advance Course
For Lt Col to Colonel -Officers Senior Executive
Course
For Brig General to Gen. -General Staff Course
-MNSA or Allied Related Master’s Degrees

PNP Appraisal System

Appraisal refers to the process of measuring the performance of PNP

members. It is also known as “Performance Evaluation System”. The
Performance Evaluation in the PNP is focused on two areas: administrative
(40%), and operational (60 %). It is conducted once every 6 months or
twice a year.

Promotion System in the PNP

Promotion is a system of increasing the rank of member of the police

service.
Under the law, the NAPOLCOM shall establish a system of promotion for
uniformed and non-uniformed members of the PNP, which shall be based on:
Merit – includes length of service in the present rank and qualifications
Seniority – least consideration in promotion
Availability of vacant position
Participation of Local Executives In The Administration of the PNP

Section 51. Powers of Local Government Officials over the PNP Units or
Forces. Governors and mayors shall be deputized as representatives of the
Commission in their respective territorial jurisdiction. As such, the local
executives shall discharge the following functions:

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(a) Provincial Governor

(1) Power to Choose the Provincial Director. The provincial governor shall
choose the provincial director from a list of three (3) eligible
recommended by the PNP regional director.
(2) Overseeing the Provincial Public Safety Plan Implementation. The
governor, as chairman of the provincial peace and order council, shall
oversee the implementation of the provincial public safety plan, which is
prepared taking into consideration the integrated community safety
plans

(b) City and Municipal Mayors

A. Operational Supervision and Control.

The term "operational supervision and control" shall mean the power to
directs superintend, oversee and inspect the police units and forces. It
shall include the power to employ and deploy units or elements of the
PNP.

B. Integrated Community Safety Plans

The municipal/city mayor shall, in coordination with the local peace and
order council of which he is the chairman. It shall, likewise, be the duty of
the city or municipal mayor to sponsor periodic seminars for members of
the PNP.

C. Administrative Disciplinary Powers

In the areas of discipline, city and municipal mayors shall have the
powers to impose, after due notice and summary hearings, disciplinary
penalties for minor offenses committed by members of the PNP assigned
to their respective jurisdictions.

D. Other Powers.

Authority to choose the chief of police from a list of five (5) eligible
recommended by the provincial police director, preferably from the same
province, city or municipality.

Authority to recommend the transfer, reassignment or detail of PNP

members outside of their respective city or town residences; and

Authority to recommend, from a list of eligible previously screened by

the peace and order council, the appointment of new members of the
PNP to be assigned to their respective cities or municipalities without
which no such appointment shall be attested.

The Philippine National Police (Premier Law Enforcement Agency)

Relationship of the PNP with other Law enforcement agencies

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Domestically, the PNP is linked with the other law enforcement

agencies through the National Law Enforcement Coordinating Committee
(NALECC). This body convenes regularly to foster cooperation and
coordination among all law enforcement agencies in the country.

It also supports several law enforcement agencies like the Philippine

Center for Transnational Crimes (PCTC) and the Philippine Drug Enforcement
Agency.

It is also linked with the International Enforcement Community thru the

INTERPOL, with the head of the PCTC as the Secretariat, and the Chief PNP as
the Chief of the National Central Bureau and a member of the ASEAN Chiefs
of Police or ASEANPOL, and a partner of the United Nations Center for
International Crime Prevention (UNCICP).

Relationship of the PNP to the DILG

Pursuant to Republic Act No. 6975 as amended by Republic Act No.

8551, The PNP in under the administrative control and operational
supervision of the National Police Commission. Meanwhile, the NAPOLCOM is
an attached agency of the Department of the Interior and Local Government
for policy and program coordination. The Secretary of the Interior and Local
government is mandated to be the Ex- Officio Chairman of NAPOLCOM.

The PNP relationship with the AFP

The PNP and AFP complement each other on their pursuit to suppress
insurgency, and other serious threats to national security and in times of
national emergency prescribed pursuant to Section 12 of Republic Act 8551.
Consequently, there are also governing relationships between them as
follows:

The PNP enforces laws and ordinances and performs statutory

functions while the AFP exercises primary responsibility on matters involving
suppression of insurgency and other serious threats to national security.

The PNP provides assistance to the AFP in insurgency – affected areas

while the AFP is also responsible for the integrated territorial defense
system.

The Bureau of Fire Protection

Creation, Powers and functions of the BFP

The Bureau of Fire Protection, hereinafter referred to as the Fire

Bureau, is hereby created initially consisting of the existing officers and
uniformed members of the fire service of the Integrated National Police as
constituted under Presidential Decree No.765

History of the BFP

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The enactment of Republic Act 6975, otherwise known as the

Department of Interior and Local Government Act of 1990 which took effect
on January 1, 1991 paved the way for the establishment of the Philippine
National Police (PNP), Bureau of Fire Protection (BFP) and Bureau of Jail
Management and Penology (BJMP) as separate entities.
Specifically, the Fire Bureau’s charter was created under Chapter IV
(Section 53 to 59) and carried-out through the provisions of Rule VII
(Sections 49 to 58) of the Implementing Rules and Regulations of the said
law.
The organization was then placed under the direct supervision of the
DILG Undersecretary for Peace and Order. The succeeding approval of the
Appropriation Act of 1991 has also caused the inaugural operation of the
Bureau of Fire Protection on August 2, 1991 as a distinct agency of the
government, with its initial preparation of Operation Plans and Budget (OPB)
undertaken by the staff of the Office of the National Chief Fire Marshal at
Camp Crame, Quezon City headed by then F/Brigadier General Ernesto
Madriaga, INP (1990-1992) that took over from the long reign of F/Major
Primo D Cordeta (Ret.) the first Chief Fire Marshal (1978-1989). Gen.
Madriaga served as the BFP first Acting Fire Chief/Director from 1991 to
1992.
BFP is responsible for ensuring public safety through prevention and/or
suppression of all destructive fires on buildings, houses, and other similar
structure, forests, and land transportation vehicles and equipment,
ships/vessels docked at piers, wharves or anchored at major seaports,
petroleum industry installations. It is also responsible for the enforcement of
the Fire Code of the Philippines (PD 1185) and other related laws,
conduct investigations involving fire incidents and causes thereof including
the filing of appropriate complaints/cases

The Bureau of Fire Protection

Organizational Structure of the BFP

The Fire Bureau shall be headed by a chief who shall be assisted by a

deputy chief.
It shall be composed of provincial offices, district offices and city or
municipal stations.
At the provincial level, there shall be an office of the provincial fire
marshal which shall implement the policies, plans and programs of the
Department; and monitor, evaluate and coordinate the operations and
activities of the fire service operating units at the city and municipal levels.
In the case of large provinces, district offices may be established, to be
headed by a district fire marshal.
At the city or municipal level, there shall be a fire station, each headed
by a city or municipal fire marshal.
Provided, that, in the case of large cities and municipalities, a district
office with subordinate fire stations headed by a district fire marshall may be
organized as necessary.
The Fire Chief shall recommended to the Secretary the organizational
structure and staffing pattern, as well as the disciplinary machinery for
officers and men of the Bureau, in accordance with the guidelines set forth
herein and as provided in Section 85 of this Act.
The local government units at the city and municipal levels shall be
responsible for the fire protection and various emergency services such as

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rescue and evacuation of injured people at fire-related incidents and, in

general, all fire prevention and suppression measures to secure the safety of
life and property of the citizenry

Rank and insignias

For purposes of efficient administration, supervision and control, the

rank classification of the members of the Fire Bureau shall be as follows:

Director
Chief Superintendent
Senior Superintendent
Superintendent
Chief Inspector
Senior Inspector
Inspector
Senior Fire Officer IV
Senior Fire Officer III
Senior Fire Officer II
Senior Fire Officer I
Fire Officer III
Fire Officer II
Fire Officer I

Key Positions:

The head of the Fire Bureau with the rank of director shall have the
position title of Chief of the Fire Bureau. He shall be assisted by a deputy
chief with the rank of chief superintendent.

The assistant heads of the Department's regional offices with the rank
of senior superintendent shall assume the position title of Assistant Regional
Director for Fire Protection as provided in Section 11 of this Act;

The heads of the NCR district offices with the rank of senior
superintendent shall have the position title of District Fire Marshall;

The heads of the provincial offices with the rank of superintendent

shall be known as Provincial Fire Marshall;

The heads of the district offices with the rank of chief inspector shall
have the position title of District Fire Marshall; and

The heads of the municipal or city stations with the rank of senior
inspector shall be known as Chief of Municipal/City Fire Station.

Recruitment, selection, training, appointment, assignment,

promotion, transfer, separation and retirement in the BFP.

Republic Act No. 9263

AN ACT PROVIDING FOR THE PROFESSIONALIZATION OF THE BUREAU

OF FIRE PROTECTION (BFP) AND THE BUREAU OF JAIL MANAGEMENT AND

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PENOLOGY (BJMP), AMENDING CERTAIN PROVISIONS OF REPUBLIC ACT NO.

6975, PROVIDING FUNDS THEREOF AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES

Republic Act No. 9592 : May 08, 2009

AN ACT EXTENDING FOR FIVE (5) YEARS THE REGLEMENTARY PERIOD

FOR COMPLYING WITH THE MINIMUM EDUCATIONAL QUALIFICATION AND
APPROPRIATE ELIGIBILITY IN THE BUREAU OF FIRE PROTECTION (BFP) AND
THE BUREAU OF JAIL MANAGEMENT AND PENOLOGY (BJMP), AMENDING FOR
THE PURPOSE CERTAIN PROVISION OF REPUBLIC ACT NO. 9263, OTHERWISE
KNOWN AS THE "BUREAU OF FIRE PROTECTION AND BUREAU OF JAIL
MANAGEMENT AND PENOLOGY PROFESSIONALIZATION ACT OF 2004" AND
FOR OTHER PURPOSES