Philippine National Police: Presented By: Group 3

Philippine
National Police
Presented By: Group 3

• The Philippine National Police (Filipino: 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.[4] 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.
HISTORY
• The common history of the police forces of the Philippines can be traced
back to the reigns of the pre-Hispanic lakans, datus and sultans in the
islands, where soldiers who served in the communities where the people
lived (and which reported directly to local leaders) also enforced local laws.
All changed with the arrival of the Spanish rule and the introduction of
Western law to the archipelago. Until 1868, personnel of the Spanish army
and local militias were also tasked with policing duties in local communities,
together with the Island Carabiniers (raised 1768 and the colony's first ever
police service). In that year, the local branch of the Civil Guard was officially
established by order of then Governor-General Carlos María de la Torre y
Nava Cerrada. Starting from a single division, during the Revolutionary
period it grew into a corps of military police with detachments in Luzon and
the Visayas, and was notorious for its abuses against Filipinos. (These
abuses were mentioned in José Rizal's two novels, Noli Me Tángere and El
filibusterismo, both writing about several cases of Civil Guardsmen abusing
the local populace.) Civil Guardsmen formed part of the Spanish military
forces that fought against Filipino rebels during the Philippine Revolution.
• With the beginning of American rule and the Philippine–American
War, the Philippine Constabulary (PC) was raised in 1901 as a
national gendarmerie force for law enforcement, directly reporting to
the American government. At the same time, what is now the Manila
Police District came into existence as the Philippines' first city police
force. Later police forces began to model the US departments.
• The gendarmerie force was later integrated into the ranks of the
Armed Forces of the Philippines in the late 1930s - first as a
command of the Army, and later on its own after the State Police
folded. (The PC's personnel would later be fighting on both sides in
the Second World War.) Following the restoration of independence
in 1946, the PC, reorganized as the military gendarmerie of the
Armed Forces in 1950, proved to be a valuable asset of the national
government not just in national defense but also in contributing to
the preservation of public security against internal aggression and
criminal activity.
• The formation in 1966 of the National Police Commission as the primary agency for
control and organization of the hundreds of municipal and city police departments all
over the country opened the door for a nationalization of police forces to solve the
various financial, political and organizational problems that faced the independent
police forces in those times of change. By then, the mayor's offices had overall
control over the operational responsibilities of personnel of the police departments,
which caused tons of problems that needed to be corrected, such as partisan politics
in the choice of leadership appointments. During the long presidency of Ferdinand
Marcos, those problems had to be resolved. One of the many acts done during the
martial law period was the formation of a truly national police force, a process which
began in 1974 when Metro Manila's police commands were nationalized. On August
8, 1975, by virtue of Presidential Decree 765, the Integrated National Police was
officially created, which placed all the municipal and city police forces under one
national command, which was to be joined with the Constabulary as part of the
Armed Forces (as the Philippine Constabulary-Integrated National Police (PC-INP)),
with the Chief of the PC concurrently holding the office of Director General of the INP.
The creation of the joint command was only the beginning of the formation of a true
national police force for the growing republic. Despite the notorious reputation of the
two services during these times for their human rights abuses against the people, the
joint command of the two services made it easy to coordinate and plan for the future
of law enforcement, as their unified command structure helped sustain the
performance of their mandate to help protect the Filipino people from criminal activity
and enforce the rule of law.
• Passed on December 13, 1990, Republic Act No. 6975, the
Department of the Interior and Local Government Act of 1990 paved
the way for a new era for Philippine law enforcement as the law
ordered the total merger of both the Philippine Constabulary and the
Integrated National Police and formally created the Philippine
National Police. R.A. 6975 was further amended by R.A. 8551, the
Philippine National Police Reform and Reorganization Act of 1998,
and by R.A. 9708. The R.A. 8551 envisioned the PNP to be a
community- and service-oriented agency.
• On June 14, 2019, the PNP announced that the Counter-Intelligence

Task Force will be replaced with the Integrity Monitoring and
Enforcement Group
ORGANIZATIONS
• Operational units
• Within the PNP operational units there are:[6]
• Aviation Security Group (AVSEGROUP)

• This group provides security to all airports throughout the country.
• 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.
• 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).
• 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 sustainable development of the maritime environment.
• Intelligence Group (IG)
• Philippine National Police boat on the Iloilo River, Iloilo City

• This group serves as the intelligence and counter-intelligence op of the Crime
Operatives (SOCO) 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.
• 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.
• 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.
• 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.
• 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.
• 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.
• 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.
• Internal Affairs Service

• The PNP created a national Internal Affairs Service (IAS) on June 1, 1999. It is an
organization within the structure of the PNP and one of its tasks is to help the Chief
institute reforms to improve the image of the police force through assessment,
analysis and evaluation of the character and behavior of the PNP personnel. It is
headed by the Inspector General.
• Philippine National Police Academy - The Philippine National Police Academy is
located at Camp Gen. Mariano N. Castaneda, Silang, Cavite and is the premier
training academy for the Philippine National Police, Bureau of Jail Management &
Penology and Bureau of Fire Protection.

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Presented By: Group 3

• It is administered and controlled by the National Police Commission and is

• On June 14, 2019, the PNP announced that the Counter-Intelligence

• Aviation Security Group (AVSEGROUP)

• Special Action Force (SAF)

• Criminal Investigation and Detection Group (CIDG)

• Intelligence Group (IG)

• Philippine National Police boat on the Iloilo River, Iloilo City

• Police Security and Protection Group (PSPG)

• PNP Anti-Cybercrime Group (PNP-ACG)

• Highway Patrol Group (HPG)

• Civil Security Group (CSG)

• Internal Affairs Service

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