Jan C.

Sebarios
Alaine Daraman
Raffy Famas Guivencan
Christian Jay Guinasan
Jimboy Clavite
 CHAPTER 7

POLICE ADMINISTRATION
AND MANAGEMENT
Police Organization
Police are part of the Law Enforcement pillar of the criminal justice
system in the Philippines. Their work consists of prevention and control of
crimes, enforcement of laws, and effect the arrest of offenders, including the
conduct of lawful searches and seizures to gather necessary evidence so that
complaints may be filed in courts.

Police Organization is a group of trained personnel in the field of

public safety administration engaged in the achievement of goals and
objectives that promotes the maintenance of peace and order, protection of
life and property, enforcement of the laws and the prevention of crimes.
These functions are known as policing. Police are often also entrusted with
various licensing and regulatory activities. DARAMAN
The Philippine National Police
Philippine National Police (PNP) is the civilian national police
force of the Philippines. It is a community and service-oriented agency
responsible for maintaining peace and order and public safety. It is
organized to ensure accountability and uprightness in police exercise
of discretion and achieve efficiency and effectiveness of its members
and units in the performance of their functions.

DARAMAN
Mission, Vision, and Philosophy of the PNP
Vision
Imploring the aid of Almighty God, by 2030, WE shall be a highly
capable, effective, and credible police service working in partnership
with a responsive community towards the attainment of a safer place to
live, work, and do business.

Mission
Enforce the law, prevent, and control crimes, maintain peace and order,
and ensure public safety and internal security with the active support of
the Community.
DARAMAN
 Maka-
Diyos
(God Fearing)
Philosophy
Service, Honor, and
Justice.
Maka- Maka-
Core Values Kalikasan Bayan
(Environment
Maka Diyos, Makatao, Friendly)
(Nationalistic)

Makabayan at
Makakalikasan

Maka-Tao
(Humane)
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Powers and Functions of PNP
• Enforce all laws and ordinances relative to the protection of lives and properties;
• Maintain peace and order and take all necessary steps to ensure public safety;
• Investigate and prevent crimes, effect the arrest of criminal offenders, bring
offenders to justice and assist in their prosecution;
• Exercise the general powers to make arrest, search and seizure in accordance with
the Constitution and pertinent laws;
• 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;
• Issue licenses for the possession of firearms and explosives in accordance with law;
• 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
• Perform such other duties and exercise all other functions as may be provided by
law.
GUINASAN
Organizational Structure of the PNP
1. The PNP Command Group is headed by the Chief PNP (Police General) who is vested with
the power to command and direct the PNP. He is also assisted by two Deputy Chiefs
(Lieutenant Generals) assigned to the administration of the PNP and one for operations.

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 an 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.
GUINASAN
Organizational Structure of the PNP
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 non-
uniformed personnel.

b. The Directorate for Intelligence (DI). The director manages the gathering/collating of
intelligence objectives through effective management of all intelligence and counterintelligence
activities of the PNP. He also serves as the linkage of all foreigners with official transactions
with the chief PNP.
GUINASAN
Organizational Structure of the 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
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Organizational Structure of the PNP
implements community-related activities, programs and projects. He also supervises the PNP
Salaam Police Center to undertake close monitoring, networking and liasioning 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. 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, counter-terrorism
GUIVENCAN
Organizational Structure of the PNP
operations, to promote inter-operability with the Armed Forces of the Philippines, and to
provide a system to promote regional socio-economic development.

7. National Support Units of the PNP

a. National Administrative Support Units (NASU)

i. Logistics Support Service (LSS)- Provides logistical support services to all PNP units.

ii. Information Technology Management Service (ITMS) - Provides information technology

services to all PNP units.

iii. Finance Service (FS) - Responsible for PNP funds' disbursement and performs other fiscal
functions.

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Organizational Structure of the PNP
iv. Health Service (HS)- Provides medical and dental services to PNP personnel and their
dependents.

v. Communication and Electronic Service (CES) - Provides communication electronic

services and support to all PNP units.

vi. Chaplain Service (CHS) - Provides spiritual and other counseling services for PNP
personnel and their dependents.

vii. Legal Service (LS) - serves as the legal arm of the PNP.

viii. Headquarters Support Service (HSS) - Provides administrative and technical support to
National headquarters.

ix. Engineering Service (ES) - Implements PNP engineering programs, land utilization, and
housing activities. GUIVENCAN
Organizational Structure of the PNP

x. Training Service (TS)- Conduct training courses geared towards skills enhancement,
intellectual advancement, and moral transformation of PNP personnel.

xi. PNP Retirement and Benefits Administration Service(PRBS)- Administers the

retirement, separation, and death benefits of PNP personnel.

b. National Operational Support Units (NOSUS)

i. 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.

ii. Intelligence Group (IG)- This group serves as the intelligence and counter- intelligence
operating unit of the PNP. SEBARIOS
Organizational Structure of the PNP
iii. 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.

iv. 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 Cybercrimes among others and
atrocities committed by Communist Party of the SEBARIOS
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v. 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.

vi. Aviation Security Group (AVEGROUP)- This group

provides security to all airports throughout the country.

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Organizational Structure of the PNP
vii. 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 Engineering, Traffic Safety
Engineering and 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.

viii. 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.
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Organizational Structure of the PNP
ix. 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.

x. 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.

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Organizational Structure of the PNP

xi. 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.

xii. 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.

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Organizational Structure of the PNP

8. For the main PNP operating units, there are seventeen (17) Police Regional
Offices nationwide which correspond to the Regional subdivisions of the country.
Directly under the Police Regional Offices are seventeen (17) Regional Public
Safety Battalions (RPSB), eighty (80) Police Provincial Offices which correspond
to the number of Provinces in the country and twenty (20) City Police Offices
(CPOs) in highly urbanized and independent cities, which are equivalent to a
Provincial Police Office.

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