Law Enforcement

Organization and
Administration (
(the inter-agency
approach)COURSE GUIDE
Christian A. Bagon, RCrim
Ancel Durana
Nila S. Bacong
COLLEGE OF CRIMINAL JUSTICE
EDUCATION

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A vibrant, flourishing academic institution that provides its present and target
programs with exemplary educational experiences, prioritizing community needs
through quality instruction, research, and extension services.
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To empower communities through academic programs that provide dynamic and
inclusive learning environment, innovative instruction, impactful research, and
relevant extension service grounded in promoting lifelong learning, ethical values,
and social responsibility.
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Course Guide in
LAW ENFORCEMENT ORGANIZATION AND ADMINISTRATION
(INTER-AGENCY APPROACH)

Foreword

Law enforcement administration course comprises topics on the

history of police administration how it significantly impact the modern
policing system and its component. It conduct investigation on the alleged
crime committed by a person, to arrest or detain violator of the penal law
ordinance to effect the warrant issued by the court and to assist the
complainant to file a case.
 It mainly emphasize the laws such as RA 6975 and RA 8551 on the
reformation and reorganization of the policing system in the Philippine
setting.to give light of the future law enforcers once they passed the
program and BLEC on the administration of the tri bureau entrance
examination and the guide on the probe of the erring law enforcer.

TABLE OF CONTENTS
Vision Iii

Mission iii

Title Page iv

Foreword V

Table of Contents vi

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Course Overview vii

Module Guide Ix

Module Overview xi

Pre-test xii

Midterm

Module 3 NAPOLCOM

Functional Relationship of the PNP and the

Lesson 1
NAPOLCOM

Functions
Composition

Functions in Police Organization

Organizational Structure

Module 2

Lesson 1

Lesson 2

References
Answer to Pre-test
Answer to Post-Test

COURSE OVERVIEW
Course Code
Descriptive Title Law Enforcement Organization and
Administration(the inter- agency approach)
Credit Units 3
School Year/Term 2024-2025
Mode of Delivery Face-to-Face Classes and Module Support with
Blended Learning
Name of
Christian Bagon
Instructor/Professor
This course covers the organizational set-
Course up of relevant various law enforcement and
Description public safety agencies, as legal mandates,
functions and responsibilities, and its
functional relations, coordination with other
law enforcement and public safety agencies.
These also includes the history development
and principles underlying the police
organization and management of the police
with particular focus on the Constitutional
mandate, Republic Act 6975 and Republic Act
8551 together the previous laws and issuances
relating thereto. This course also includes the
organizational structure and administration of
the Philippine National Police, both national
and local levels. Emphasis is given on
direction, supervision, coordination and control
of all local police forces as a homogeneous
body under a single command. It includes the
basic management functions insofar as these
are applied to the police organization.

After completing this course, the

Course Outcomes student must be able to perform the
following COs:

a. CO1: Analyze and highlight the

historical development of policing in
the Philippines, demonstrate in-depth
knowledge about the concepts and
principles used in police organization.
b. CO2: Classify the different police
functions as well as the professional
enhancement of the Philippine
National Police personnel.

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Part I: MIDTERM MODULES Part II: FINALS MODULES

 Module 3: Police Organization, Module 3: National Police
how it all begun Commission
Module 2: Discover Policing
System Module 4: Power and
function of various Law
Enforcement Agencies

MODULE OVERVIEW SECTION

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PRE-TEST SECTION
 Police Organization, how it all begun Midterms

LESSON SUMMARY

LESSON OBJECTIVES SECTION

1. comprehend fully the Police functions and its

administrative unit.

MOTIVATION QUESTION

LET’S LEARN!

NAPOLCOM
National Police Commission

 agency mandated by the 1987 Constitution and

the Major Police Reform Laws, Republic Act Nos.
6975 and 8551 to administer and control the
Philippine National Police.
 Under R.A. 8551, otherwise known as the “PNP
REFORM AND ORGANIZATION ACT OF 1998”
a. administration of police entrance
examinations,
b. the conduct of pre-charge investigation of
police anomalies and irregularities,
c. summary dismissal of erring police officers.

Brief History

In 1966, Congress enacted Republic Act 4864

otherwise known as the Police Act of 1966 to provide
the foundation for the much needed police reforms in
the country. It created the POLICE COMMISSION
(PolCom) “to achieve and attain a higher degree of
efficiency in the organization, administration and
operation of local police agencies; and to place the local
police service on a professional level.”

Since 1966, the Commission had undergone

changes in its organizational structure. It was
reorganized in 1972 as the National Police Commission
(Napolcom). Originally under the Office of the President,
it was transferred to the Ministry of National Defense in

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1975 by virtue of Presidential Decree 765, known as the

Police Integration Law. This Decree also established the
Integrated National Police (INP) with the Philippine
Constabulary (PC) as the nucleus. Ten (10) years later in
1985, it was returned to the Office of the President
pursuant to Executive Order No. 1040. In 1989,
Executive Order No. 379 placed the INP directly under
the “command, supervision and control of the
President.”

The same executive order vested the National

Police Commission with the powers of administrative
control and supervision over the INP. With the passage
of Republic Act No. 6975 on December 13, 1990, the
Philippine National Police (PNP) was established under a
reorganized Department of the Interior and Local
Government (DILG). A new National Police Commission
was created within the DILG “ for the purpose of
effectively discharging the functions prescribe in the
Constitution and provided in the Act.”

On February 25, 1998, Congress passed into law

Republic Act No. 8551 otherwise known as the
“Philippine National Police Reform and Reorganization
Act of 1998“ thus, amending RA 6975. This Act
strengthened and expanded the Commission’s authority
over the PNP to include administration of police
entrance examination, conduct of pre-charge
investigation against police anomalies and irregularities
and summary dismissal of erring police members.

Functions

1. Exercise administrative control and operational supervision

over the Philippine National Police (PNP) which shall mean the
power to:
 Develop policies and promulgate a police manual
prescribing rules and regulations for efficient
organization, administration, and operation, including
criteria for manpower allocation distribution and
deployment, recruitment, selection, promotion, and
retirement of personnel and the conduct of qualifying
entrance and promotional examinations for uniformed
members;
 Examine and audit, and thereafter establish the
standards for such purposes on a continuing basis, the
performance, activities, and facilities of all police
agencies throughout the country;
  Establish a system of uniform crime reporting;
 Conduct an annual self-report survey and compile
statistical data for the accurate assessment of the crime
situation and the proper evaluation of the efficiency and
effectiveness of all police units in the country;
 Approve or modify plans and programs on education
and training, logistical requirements, communications,
records, information systems, crime laboratory, crime
prevention and crime reporting;
 Affirm, reverse or modify, through the National
Appellate Board, personnel disciplinary actions involving
demotion or dismissal from the service imposed upon
members of the Philippine National Police by the Chief of
the Philippine National Police;
 Exercise appellate jurisdiction through the Regional
Appellate Boards, over administrative cases against
policemen and over decisions on claims for police
benefits;
 Prescribe minimum standards for arms, equipment, and
uniforms and, after consultation with the Philippine
Heraldry Commission, for insignia of ranks, awards, and
medals of honor. Within ninety (90) days from the
effectivity of this Act, the standards of the uniformed
personnel of the PNP must be revised which should be
clearly distinct from the military and reflective of the
civilian character of the police;
 Issue subpoena and subpoena duces tecum in matters
pertaining to the discharge of its own powers and
duties, and designate who among its personnel can
issue such processes and administer oaths in connection
therewith;
 Inspect and assess the compliance of the PNP on the
established criteria for manpower allocation,
distribution, and deployment and their impact on the
community and the crime situation, and thereafter
formulate appropriate guidelines for maximization of
resources and effective utilization of the PNP personnel;
 Monitor the performance of the local chief executives as
deputies of the Commission; and
 Monitor and investigate police anomalies and
irregularities.
2. Advise the President on all matters involving police functions
and administration;
3. Render to the President and to the Congress an annual report
on its activities and accomplishments during the thirty (30)
days after the end of the calendar year, which shall include an
appraisal of the conditions obtaining in the organization and
administration of police agencies in the municipalities, cities

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and provinces throughout the country, and recommendations

for appropriate remedial legislation;
4. Recommend to the President, through the Secretary, within
sixty (60) days before the commencement of each calendar
year, a crime prevention program; and
5. Perform such other functions necessary to carry out the
provisions of R.A. 6975, as amended, other existing laws and
Presidential issuances, and as the President may direct.

Composition

1. Compose of an ex officio chairperson(DILG

Secretary)
2. Four (4) regular commissioners
3. And the Chief,PNP as ex-officio member

 The ex-officio Chairperson and four (4) Commissioners

constitute the Commission Proper which serves as the
governing body thereof.
 established seventeen (17) Regional Offices (ROs)
strategically located in the different regional divisions of
the country.
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LET’S DO THIS!

MODULE 4: Power and function of

various Law Enforcement Agencies

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PRE-TEST

LESSON SUMMARY

LESSON OBJECTIVES:
1 Differentiate diverse law enforcement functions
and the Philippine National Police career
development program

LET’S LOOK BACK

KEYWORDS
Functions, Power, Organization, law enforcement agency,NAPOLCOM

Motivation Question
LESSON 1: The Republic Act of 8551 and Republic Act of
6975 and its function

LESSON SUMMARY

LESSON OBJECTIVE(S):

1.Differentiate diverse law enforcement functions and the

Philippine National Police career development program

LET’S LEARN!

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:

1. 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.
2. The PNP provides assistance to the AFP in insurgency –
affected areas while the AFP is also responsible for the
integrated territorial defense system.

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3. The PNP assists the AFP for the dispositive action on arrested,
captured or surrendered insurgent within the prescribed
reglementary period.
5. The PNP provides assistance to the AFP in the arrest of
suspected insurgents with standing warrants of arrest, and
5. The PNP and the AFP maintain close intelligence coordination
and exchanges and share each other’s accomplishments of
their respective mission and functions.

SEC. 24 of RA 6975
PNP_ Powers and Functions. — The PNP shall have the
following powers and functions:

a. Enforce all laws and ordinances relative to the protection of

lives and properties;
b. Maintain peace and order and take all necessary steps to
ensure public safety;
c. Investigate and prevent crimes, effect the arrest of criminal
offenders, bring offenders to justice and assist in their
prosecution;
d. Exercise the general powers to make arrest, search and
seizure in accordance with the Constitution and pertinent
laws;
e. Detain an arrested person for a period not beyond what is
prescribed by law, informing the person so detained of all
his rights under the Constitution;
f. Issue licenses for the possession of firearms and explosives
in accordance with law;
g. Supervise and control the training and operations of
security agencies and issue licenses to operate security
agencies, and to security guards and private detectives, for
the practice of their professions; and
h. Perform such other duties and exercise all other functions
as may be provided by law.

SEC. 54.
BFP Powers and Functions.

The Fire Bureau shall be responsible for the prevention and

suppression of all destructive fires on buildings, houses and other
structures, forests, land transportation vehicles and equipment,
ships or vessels docked at piers or wharves or anchored in major
seaports, petroleum industry installations, plane crashes and other
similar incidents, as well as the enforcement of the Fire Code and
other related laws.

The Fire Bureau shall have the power to investigate all causes of
fires and, if necessary, file the proper complaints with the city or
provincial prosecutor who has jurisdiction over the case.

SEC. 61.
BJMP_Powers and Functions.

The Jail Bureau shall exercise supervision and control over all city
and municipal jails. The provincial jails shall be supervised and
controlled by the provincial government within its jurisdiction,
whose expenses shall be subsidized by the National Government for
not more than three (3) years after the effectivity of this Act.

Section 84 of RA 9165
Powers and Duties of the PDEA. – The PDEA shall:

(a) Implement or cause the efficient and effective implementation of

the national drug control strategy formulated by the Board thereby
carrying out a national drug campaign program which shall include
drug law enforcement, control and prevention campaign with the
assistance of concerned government agencies;

(b) Undertake the enforcement of the provisions of Article II of this

Act relative to the unlawful acts and penalties involving any
dangerous drug and/or controlled precursor and essential chemical
and investigate all violators and other matters involved in the
commission of any crime relative to the use, abuse or trafficking of
any dangerous drug and/or controlled precursor and essential
chemical as provided for in this Act and the provisions of
Presidential Decree No. 1619;

(c) Administer oath, issue subpoena and subpoena duces tecum

relative to the conduct of investigation involving the violations of
this Act;

(d) Arrest and apprehend as well as search all violators and seize or
confiscate, the effects or proceeds of the crimes as provided by law
and take custody thereof, for this purpose the prosecutors and
enforcement agents are authorized to possess firearms, in
accordance with existing laws;

(e) Take charge and have custody of all dangerous drugs and/or
controlled precursors and essential chemicals seized, confiscated or
surrendered to any national, provincial or local law enforcement
agency, if no longer needed for purposes of evidence in court;

(f) Establish forensic laboratories in each PNP office in every

province and city in order to facilitate action on seize or confiscated
drugs, thereby hastening its destruction without delay;

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(g) Recommend to the DOJ the forfeiture of properties and other

assets of persons and/or corporations found to be violating the
provisions of this Act and in accordance with the pertinent
provisions of the Anti-Money-Laundering Act of 2001;

(h) Prepare for prosecution or cause the filing of appropriate

criminal and civil cases for violation of all laws on dangerous drugs,
controlled precursors and essential chemicals, and other similar
controlled substances, and assist, support and coordinate with other
government agencies for the proper and effective prosecution of the
same;

(i) Monitor and if warranted by circumstances, in coordination with

the Philippine Postal Office and the Bureau of Customs, inspect all
air cargo packages, parcels and mails in the central post office,
which appear from the package and address itself to be a possible
importation of dangerous drugs and/or controlled precursors and
essential chemicals, through on-line or cyber shops via the internet
or cyberspace;

(j) Conduct eradication programs to destroy wild or illegal growth of

plants from which dangerous drugs may be extracted;

(k) Initiate and undertake the formation of a nationwide organization

which shall coordinate and supervise all activities against drug
abuse in every province, city, municipality and barangay with the
active and direct participation of all such local government units and
nongovernmental organizations, including the citizenry, subject to
the provisions of previously formulated programs of action against
dangerous drugs;

(l) Establish and maintain a national drug intelligence system in

cooperation with law enforcement agencies, other government
agencies/offices and local government units that will assist in its
apprehension of big-time drug lords;

(m) Establish and maintain close coordination, cooperation and

linkages with international drug control and administration agencies
and organizations, and implement the applicable provisions of
international conventions and agreements related to dangerous
drugs to which the Philippines is a signatory;

(n) Create and maintain an efficient special enforcement unit to

conduct an investigation, file charges and transmit evidence to the
proper court, wherein members of the said unit shall possess
suitable and adequate firearms for their protection in connection
with the performance of their duties: Provided, That no previous
special permit for such possession shall be required;
(o) Require all government and private hospitals, clinics, doctors,
dentists and other practitioners to submit a report to it, in
coordination with the Board, about all dangerous drugs and/or
controlled precursors and essential chemicals which they have
attended to for data and information purposes;

(p) Coordinate with the Board for the facilitation of the issuance of
necessary guidelines, rules and regulations for the proper
implementation of this Act;

(q) Initiate and undertake a national campaign for drug prevention

and drug control programs, where it may enlist the assistance of
any department, bureau, office, agency or instrumentality of the
government, including government-owned and or –controlled
corporations, in the anti-illegal drugs drive, which may include the
use of their respective personnel, facilities, and resources for a more
resolute detection and investigation of drug-related crimes and
prosecution of the drug traffickers; and

(r) Submit an annual and periodic reports to the Board as may be

required from time to time, and perform such other functions as
may be authorized or required under existing laws and as directed
by the President himself/herself or as recommended by the
congressional committees concerned.

Sec. 4. 10867
NBI Powers and Functions.

The NBI shall have the following powers and functions

(a) Undertake investigation and detection of crimes and offenses

enumerated under Section 5 hereof;

(b) Issue subpoena for the appearance of any person for

investigation or production of documents, through its officers from
the ranks of Regional Director to Director;

(c) Act as a national clearing house of criminal records and other

related information for the benefit of the government;

(d) Render technical assistance to government agencies and

instrumentalities, when so requested;

(e) Extend assistance in cases involving extradition and mutual legal

assistance, when requested by the Department of Justice;

(f) Establish an NBI Academy which shall be responsible for the

recruitment, training, and development of all NBI agents and

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personnel, among others;

(g) Establish and maintain a Forensic and Scientific Research Center

which shall serve as the primary center for forensic and scientific
research in furtherance of scientific knowledge in criminal
investigation, detection, evidence collection and preservation, and
provide the necessary training therefor;

(h) Establish and maintain a Cyber Investigation and Assessment

Center which shall serve as the nerve center for computer
information technologies, data on cybercrime cases, computer
intrusion, threats, and other related crimes or activities;

(i) Establish and maintain an integrated, comprehensive, and state-

of-the-art network of equipment and facilities to be used by the NBI
in its criminal investigation, detection, and evidence gathering, and
to provide the corresponding training in this regard;

(j) Request the assistance of the Philippine National Police (PNP),

Armed Forces of the Philippines, or any other agency of the
government, including government-owned and/or -controlled
corporations, in its anti-crime drive. Such assistance may include
the use of the agency's personnel and facilities upon prior approval
by the head of the agency concerned;

(k) Conduct intelligence operations in furtherance of the foregoing

powers and functions;

(1) Enter into any contract or transaction for the acquisition,

ownership, possession, administration, lease, disposition or
acceptance of real or personal property in its name, subject to the
approval of the Secretary of Justice;

(m) Establish a modern NBI Clearance and Identification Center

containing all derogatory and criminal records and civilian
identification records, including their identifying marks and
characteristics and fingerprint database, as well as dental records
pursuant to Presidential Decree No. 1575, entitled "Requiring
Practitioners of Dentistry to Keep Records of Their Patients";

(n) Maintain, for purposes of investigative and forensic requirements

of the NBI, relevant database such as ballistic records of firearms
including, but not limited to, data ownership, possession, and other
related identifying circumstances; and Deoxyribonucleic Acid (DNA)
databank; and

(o) Perform such other functions as the President or the Secretary of

Justice may assign.
Section 3 of RA 5173
Specific Functions.

The Philippine Coast Guard

shall perform the following functions:

(a) To prevent and suppress illegal entry, smuggling, other customs

frauds and violations of other maritime laws that may be committed
within the waters subject to the jurisdiction of the Republic of the
Philippines, and for the purpose surveillance by the Philippine Coast
Guard may be made on vessels entering and/or leaving the
Philippine territory;

(b) To assist in the suppression of fishing by means of dynamite,

explosives or toxic substances or other methods as may be declared
destructive by proper authorities;

(c) To promulgate and enforce rules for lights, signals, speed,

steering, sailing, passing, anchorage, movement and towlines of
vessels and lights and signals on bridges;

(d) To approve plans for the construction, repair, or alteration of

vessels; approve materials, equipment and appliances of vessels;
approved the classification of vessels; inspect vessels and their
equipment and appliances; register all types of motorized watercraft
plying in Philippine waters; issue certificates of inspection and of
permits indicating the approval of vessels for operation; issue
certificates of Philippine registry of vessels; administer load line
requirements; promulgate and enforce other provisions for the
safety of life and property on vessels; and determine the numbering
of undocumented vessels: Provided, That certification and approval
of any plans, equipment and any vessel by internationally known
classification societies which are recognized by the Philippine
Government shall be deemed to have complied with this section;

(e) To issue licenses and certificates to officers, pilots, major and

minor patrons and seamen, as well as suspend and revoke such
licenses and certificates;

(f) To investigate marine casualties and disasters including those

arising from marine protests filed with the Bureau of Customs
relative to the liability of shipowners and officers;

(g) To enforce laws, rules and regulations governing manning,

citizenship and mustering and drilling of crews requirements, control

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of logbooks, shipment, discharge, protection, and welfare merchant

seamen;

(h) To enforce laws requiring the performance of duties of

shipowners and officers after accidents;

(i) To prescribe and enforce regulations for outfitting and operation

of motorboats and the licensing of motorboat operators;

(j) To regulate regattas and marine parades;

(k) To render aid to distressed persons or vessels on the high seas

and on waters subject to the jurisdiction of the Philippines, and, in
this connection, the Philippine Coast Guard may perform any and all
acts necessary to rescue and aid persons; furnish clothing, food,
lodging, medicine and other necessary supplies and services to
persons succored; protect, save, and take charge of all property
saved from marine disasters until such property is delivered to
persons authorized to receive it or is otherwise disposed of in
accordance with law or applicable regulations; and collect and take
charge of bodies of those who may perish in such disasters;

(l) To develop, establish, maintain, and operate aids to maritime

navigation. In the performance of these functions, the Philippine
Coast Guard is authorized to destroy or tow in port sunken of
floating dangers to navigation;

(m) To supervise nautical schools with reference to activities

relative to navigation, seamanship, marine engineering and other
allied matters, in coordination with the Department of Education;

(n) To perform functions pertaining to maritime communications

which are not specifically delegated to some other office or
department; and

(o) To assist, within its capabilities and upon request of the

appropriate authorities, other Government agencies in the
performance of their functions, within the waters subject to the
jurisdiction of the Philippines, relating to matters and activities not
specifically mentioned in this section: Provided, That in the exercise
of these functions, personnel of the Philippine Coast Guard shall be
deemed to be acting as agents of the particular departments,
bureau, office, agency or instrumentality charged with the
enforcement and administration of the particular law. Members of
the Philippine Coast Guard are peace officers for all purposes of this
Act and shall be, and shall act, as law enforcement agents of the
Bureau of Customs, and the Bureau of Immigration, the Bureau of
Internal Revenue, the Fisheries Commission, and such other
departments, bureaus or offices in the enforcement of pertinent
 laws, rules and regulations

LESSON 2: The general qualification for the appointment of

the Philippine National Police

Manning Levels

The PNP shall be approximately in accordance with a

police–to–population ratio of one (1) policeman for every five
hundred (500) persons. The actual strength by cities and
municipalities shall depend on the state of peace and order,
population density and actual demands of the service in the
particular area: Provided, That the minimum police–to–
population ratio shall not be less than one (1) policeman for
every one thousand (1,000) persons.

General Qualifications for Appointment

No person shall be appointed as officer or member of the PNP

unless he possesses the following minimum qualifications:

a. A citizen of the Philippines;

b. A person of good moral conduct;
c. Of sound mind and body;
d. Must possess a formal baccalaureate degree for
appointment as officer and must have finished at least
second year college or the equivalent of seventy–two (72)
collegiate units for appointment as non–officer or an
equivalent training or experience for those already in the
service upon the effectivity of this Act:
e. Must be eligible in accordance with the standards set by the
Commission;
f. Must not have been dishonorably discharged from military
employment or dismissed for cause from any civilian
position in the Government;
g. Must not have been convicted by final judgment of an
offense or crime involving moral turpitude;
h. Must be at least one meter and sixty–two centimeters (1.62
m.) in height for male and one meter and fifty–seven
centimeters (1.57 m.) for female;
Note: Republic Act No. 11549 dated 26 May 2021 also
known as the “PNP, BFP, BJMP and BuCor Height
Equality Act”
applicants not meeting the height requirement [i.e., at
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ACCEPTED. After all, RA No. 11549 expressly provides that a

waiver for height requirement shall be automatically granted to
(job) applicants belonging to cultural communities/indigenous
peoples.

i. Must weigh not more or less than five kilograms (5 kg.) of

the standard weight corresponding to his or her height, age,
and sex; and
j. For a new applicant, must not be less than twenty–one (21)
nor more than thirty (30) years of age.

Appointment of PNP Officers and Members

a. Patrolman/patrolwoman to Police Executive Master

Sergeant— Appointed by the PNP regional director for
regional personnel or by the Chief of the PNP for the national
headquarters personnel and attested by the Civil Service
Commission;
b. Police Lieutenant (P/LT)to Police Lieutenant Colonel
(PLTCOL) — Appointed by the Chief of the PNP, as
recommended by their immediate superiors, and attested by
the Civil Service Commission
c. Police Colonel (P/COL)to Police Lieutenant General (PLTGEN)—
Appointed by the President upon recommendation of the Chief
of the PNP, with proper endorsement by the Chairman of the
Civil Service Commission and subject to confirmation by the
Commission on Appointments; and
d. Police General (P/GEN)— Appointed by the President from
among the senior officers down to the rank of chief
superintendent in the service, subject to confirmation by the
Commission on Appointments: Provided, That the Chief of the
PNP shall serve a tour of duty not to exceed four (4) years:
Provided, further, That, in times of war or other national
emergency declared by Congress, the President may extend
such tour of duty.

Second Level PCO Ranks - Second Level Ranks shall mean from
the ranks of Patrolman/Patrolwoman (Pat) to Police Executive Master
Sergeant (PEMS) .

Second level Police Non-Commissioned Officers (PNCOs)

Ranks and from Police Lieutenant (PLT) to Police Lieutenant Colonel
(PLTCOL) for Police Commissioned Officers (PCCs).
 Third level PCO Ranks- refers to Police Commissioned Officers
(PCO)
PNP Ranks AFP BFP BJMP
with
Police General the
General
(PGen.) ranks
Police of
Lieutenant Lieutenant Police
General General
(P/Lt.Gen.)
Police Major
Fire Director Jail Director
General Major General
(FDir.) (JDir.)
(PMGen.)
Police Brigadier Fire Chief Jail Chief
Brigadier
General Superintendent Superintenden
General
(PBGen.) (FCSupt.) t (FCSupt.)
Fire Senior Jail Senior
Police Colonel
Colonel Superintendent Superintenden
(PCol.)
(FSSupt.) t (JSSupt.)
Police
Fire Jail
Lieutenant Lieutenant
Superintedent Superintedent
Colonel Colonel
(FSupt.) (JSupt.)
(P/Lt.Col.)
Fire Chief Jail Chief
Police Major
Major Inspector Inspector
(PMaj.)
(FCInsp.) (JCInsp.)
Fire Senior Jail Senior
Police Captain
Captain Inspector Inspector
(PCapt.)
(FSInsp.) (JSInsp.)
2nd Lieutenant,
Police Fire Inspector Jail Inspector
and first
Lieutenant (PLt.) (FInsp.) (JInsp.)
lieutenant
Chief Master 1st and
Inspector Sergeant 2nd Lieutenant
Non- Non-
Commissioned Commissione
Officers d Officers
Police Executive Senior Fire Senior Jail
Senior Master
Master Sergeant Officer IV Officer IV
Sergeant
(P/EMSgt.) (SFO4) (SJO4)
Police Chief Senior Fire Senior Jail
Master Sergeant Master Sergeant Officer III Officer III
(P/CMSgt.) (SFO3) (SJO3)
Police Senior Senior Jail
Technical Senior Fire
Master Sergeant Officer II
Sergeant Officer II (SFO2)
(P/SMSgt.) (SFO2)
Police Master
Senior Fire Senior Jail
Sergeant Sergeant
Officer I (SFO1) Officer I (SJO1)
(PMSgt.)
Police Staff
Fire Officer III Jail Officer III
Sergeant Corporal
(FO3) (JO3)
(PSSgt.)
Police Corporal Fire Officer II Jail Officer II
17 Private 1st Class
(PCpl.) (FO2) (JO2)
Patrolman /
Fire Officer I Jail Officer I
Patrolwoman Private
(FO1) (JO1)
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Colonel (P/COL) and higher.

Attrition by Attainment of Maximum Tenure in Position

POSITION MAXIMUM TENURE

Chief four (4) years

Deputy Chief four (4) years

Director of the Staff

four (4) years
Services

Regional Directors six (6) years

Provincial/City Directors nine (9) years

Other positions higher than Provincial Director shall have the

maximum tenure of six (6) years. Unless earlier separated, retired or
promoted to a higher position in accordance with the PNP Staffing
Pattern, police officers holding the above-mentioned positions shall
be compulsorily retired at the maximum tenure in position herein
prescribed, or at age fifty-six (56), whichever is earlier: Provided,
That in times of war or other national emergency declared by
Congress, the President may extend the PNP Chief's tour of duty:
Provided, further, That PNP members who have already reached
their maximum tenure upon the effectivity of this Act may be
allowed one (1) year more of tenure in their positions before the
maximum tenure provided in this Section shall be applied to them,
unless they shall have already reached the compulsory
retirement age of fifty-six (56), in which case the compulsory
retirement age shall prevail.

Except for the Chief, PNP, no PNP member who has less than one (1)
year of service before reaching the compulsory retirement age shall
be promoted to a higher rank or appointed to any other position

Attrition by Relief

A PNP uniformed personnel who has been relieved for just

cause and has not been given an assignment within two (2) years
after such relief shall be retired or separated.

Attrition by Demotion in Position or Rank

Any PNP personnel, civilian or uniformed, who is relieved and

assigned to a position lower than what is established for his or her
grade in the PNP staffing pattern and who shall not be assigned to a
position commensurate to his or her grade within eighteen (18)
months after such demotion in position shall be retired or
separated.

Attrition by Non-promotion

Any PNP personnel who has not been promoted for a

continuous period of ten (10) years shall be retired or separated.

Attrition by Other Means

PNP member or officer with at least five (5) years of accumulated

active service shall be separated based on any of the following factors:
a) inefficiency based on poor performance during the last two (2)
successive annual rating periods;
b) inefficiency based on poor performance for three (3) cumulative
annual rating periods;
c) physical and/or mental incapacity to perform police functions and
duties; or
d) failure to pass the required entrance examinations twice and/or
finish the required career courses except for justifiable reasons.

Compulsory Retirement - For uniformed personnel, shall be

upon the attainment of age fifty-six (56), while for non-uniformed
personnel, shall be upon the attainment of sixty-five (65) years of
age.

Optional Retirement - Upon accumulation of at least twenty

(20) years of satisfactory active service, an officer or non-officer,
at his own request and with the approval of the NAPOLCOM, shall
be retired from the service and be entitled to receive benefits
provided for by law. Ombudsman Memorandum Circular No. 10, s.
1995 dated January 24 1995 re Revised Circular on Ombudsman
Clearance

Retirement Benefit - Monthly retirement pay which shall be fifty (50%)

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percent of the base pay and longevity pay of the retired grade in case of
twenty (20) years of active service, increasing by two and one-half percent
(2.5%) for every year of active service rendered beyond twenty (20) years
to a maximum of ninety (90%) percent for thirty-six (36) years of active
service and over.

Hereunder is a sample computation of thirty six(36) months lump sum:

Base pay xx,xxx.xx

Long pay (+) x,xxx.xx
Xx,xxx.xx

Percentage Allocated to the Service

(x) xx.xx
Xxx,xxx.xx
Monthly pension (x) 36 mos.
Xxx,xxx.xx

Length of Service is broken down as follows, i.e, years x2.5% + months x

0.208% + days x 0.006%

Example:
Compulsory retired with the rank of Police Master Sergeant (PMSgt.) based
on one rank higher of Police Senior Master Sergeant (PSMS.The length of
service is twenty seven years, six months, and eight days and with 5 th long
pay..

Computed as three years lump sum:

Base pay 34,079

Long pay (+) 15,816
49,895
Percentage allocated to the service (x) 68.796%

Monthly pension 33,637.80

(x) 36 mos.
Three years lump sum 1,210,960.8

LET’S LOOK BACK!

Motivation Question
LET’S LEARN!

nd Detection Group
(CIDG), Highway Patrol
Group (HPG), Special
Action
Force (SAF),
Aviation Security
Group (AVSEGROUP),
Police Community
Affairs Development
Group (PCADG), Civil
Security Group
(CSG), Crime
Laboratory (CL), Anti-
Kidnapping Group

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(AKG), Drug
Enforcement Group
(DEG), PNP Anti-
Cybercrime Group
(ACG), EOD-K9
Group and Integrity
Monitoring and
Enforcement Group
(IMEG). The third in
command shall
exercise duties that
may be delegated to
him or as directed by
the Chief
of the PNP.
Under NAPOLCOM
Resolution No. 2019
261, Approving the
Restructuring and
Strengthening of the
Office of the Deputy
Chief, PNP for
Operations (ODCO The
Office of the Deputy
Chief, PNP for
Operations shall
have the following
duties and
responsibilities:
● Assists the Chief,
PNP in the exercise of
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responsibilities
relative to
PNP operations,
plans, intelligence,
community relations,
and
investigation
activities.
● Assist the Chief,
PNP in directing,
controlling, and
supervising the
national operational
support unit.
● As third in
command, the
Deputy Chief, PNP for
Operations shall
exercise duties that
may be delegated to
him by the Chief, PNP
d. The Chief of
Directorial Staf
The Chief of
Directorial Staff who is
the fourth in
command, shall
have the rank of Police
Lieutenant General
shall of the PNP in the
general

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coordination and
supervision of the
various activities of
the Directorial
Staff. As the principal
coordinating
directorial staff of the
chief of the PNP,
he coordinates,
supervises and directs
members of the
Directorial Staff
and Services Staff in
the performance of
their respective
functions. He
directs and issues
detailed
implementing
policies and
instruction
regarding personnel,
intelligence,
operations, funds,
logistics, police
relations, plans,
investigation and
other matters as may
be necessary to
effectively carry out
the powers

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I. NATIONAL POLICE
COMMISSION
(NAPOLCOM)
The National Police
Commission is the
agency mandated
by the 1987
Constitution and the
Major Police Reform
Laws, Republic Act
Nos. 6975
and 8551 to
administer and control
the Philippine National
Police. Under
R.A. 8551, otherwise
known as the "PNP
REFORM AND
ORGANIZATION ACT
OF 1998", the
Commission's
authority over the PNP
Figure 3.1 Logo of the
National Police were
strengthened and
expanded to
Commission include
the administration of
police entrance
examinations,

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the conduct of pre-

charge investigation
of police anomalies
and
irregularities, and
summary dismissal of
erring police officers.
KEYWORDS

POST-TEST
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https://elibrary.judiciary.gov.ph/thebookshelf/showdocs/2/21922

https://www.csc.gov.ph/examination-advisories/exam-
announcements-no-05-s-2024

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Memorandum-Circular-No-2021-030.pdf

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ANSWERS TO THE PRE-TEST

ANSWERS TO THE POST-TEST

 COLLEGE OF CRIMINAL JUSTICE EDUCATION

Author/s: Bacong, Nila, et.al

Date of Creation: March 15, 2024
Date of Revision: July 30, 2024
Number of Revisions: Rev.__2__
Date of Implementation: S.Y.2024-2025

Evaluated: Florens Lacambra, RCrim, MSCJ Verified: Cheron O. Reyes, RCrim, MSCJ, Ph.D.
Program Head, College of Criminal Justice DEAN, College of Criminal Justice Education
Education

Approved: ODIEIM

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