CHAPTER VI
CREATION OF WOMEN’S DESK AND
PARTICIPATION OF LOCAL
GOVERNMENT IN THE
ADMINISTRATION OF THE PNP
Prepared by: MARQUEZ, LADY ANNE
SALUDO, LYKA JANE
Creation of Women’s Desk in all Police Stations
As provided by RA 8551, women’s desk in all police stations
shall administer and attend to cases involving crimes against chastity,
sexual harassment, abuses committed against women and children
and other similar offenses.
The PNP shall reserve 10 PERCENT (10%) of its annual
recruitment, training and education quota for women.
Policewoman shall enjoy the same opportunities in terms of
assignment, promotion and other benefits and privileges extended to
all police officers.
PARTICIPATION OF LOCAL GOVERNMENT
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
safety plan, which is prepared taking into consideration the
integrated community public safety plans.
City and Municipal Mayors
1. Operational Supervision and Control - The city and municipal mayors
shall exercise supervision and control over the PNP Units in their respective
jurisdiction except during the thirty (30) days period immediately proceeding
and the thirty (30) days following any national, local or barangay elections.
During the said period, thge local police forces shall be under the
supervision and control of the Commission on Elections. (Sec. 51, Chapter
III - D, RA 6975)
Operational Supervision and Control means the power to direct,
superintend, and oversee the day today functions of the police investigation
of crimes, crime prevention activities, and traffic control in accordance with
the rules and regulations promulgated by the commission.
It also includes the power to direct the employment and
deployment of units or elements of the PNP, through the Chief of Police to
ensure public safety and effective maintenance of peace and order in the
locality.
A. Employment
refers to the utilization of units or elements of the PNP for
purpose of protection of lives and properties, enforcement of laws,
maintenance of peace and order, prevention of crimes, arrest of
criminal offenders andbring the offenders to justice, and ensuring
public safety, particularly in the suppression of disorders, riots,
lawlessness, violence, rebellion and seditious conspiracy,
insurgency, subversion or other related activities.
B. Deployment
refers to the orderly and orgsnized physical movement of
elements or units of the PNP within the province, city or municipality
for purpose of employment.
2. Integrated Area or Community Public Safety Plans
- The city or municipal mayors shall, in coordination with
local peace and order council of which he o she is the chairperson
pursuant to EO # 309 as amended, develop and establish an
integrated area or community publuc safety plan including priorities
of action and program trust for implementation by the local police
stations. It shall, likewise, be the duty of the city or municipal mayor
to assigned or detailed in his or her city or municioality in order to
update them regarding local ordinance and legislation’s.
3. Administrative Disciplinary Powers
- The city or ,municipal mayors shall have the power to
impose after due notice and summary hearings, disciplinary
penalties for minor offense committed by members of the PNP
assigned to their respective jurisdiction as provided in Sec. 41 of RA
6975 as ammended by Sec. 52 of RA 8551
4. Other Powers
A. In addition to the aforementioned powers, the city or Municipal mayors
shall have the following authority over the PNP units in their respective
jurisdictions.
1. Authority to choose the Chief of Police from a list of five (5) eligible
recommended by the Provincial Director, preferably from the same
province, city or municipality. Provided, that the COP chosen shall not be
transferred or replaced without recommendation of the city or municipal
mayor concerned. Provided, further, that in no case shall an officer in
charge be designated for more than thirty (30) days. Provided, furthermore,
that the peace and order council may, through the city or municipal mayors,
recommend the recall assignment of the chief of police when, in its
perception the later has been ineffective in combating crime and
maintaining peace and order in the city or municipality, Provided, finally, that
such relief shall be based on guidelines established by the commission.
2. Authority to recommend to the Provincial director the transfer,
reassignment or detail of PNP members outside their respective city or town
residences.
3. Authority to recommend from a list of eligible previously screened
by the peace and order council the appointment of new member of
the PNP to be assigned to their respective cities or municipalities
without which no such appointments shaall be attested: Provided,
that whenever precticable and consistent with the requirements of
the service. PNP members shall be assigned to the city or
municipality of their residence; and
4. Authority to make a periodic review and evaluation of the
performance oil the members of the PNP assigned to their
respective jurisdictions in accordance with the rules and regulations
and standards, and code of conduct promulgated by the
Commission.
B. The control and supervision of anti-gambling operations shall be
within the jurisdiction of the local government executives.
For this purpose, the term “control and supervision” shall
construed to mean the power to the City or Municipal Mayor to direct,
superintend and oversee the local PNP units in the campaign against
illegal gambling in his jurisdiction. This power of “control and supervision”
does not include the authority to select or assign individual members of the
PNP to compose the team for the anti-gambling operations. The local
executies shall deal only with answers to what, where, and why leaving
who, when and how to the PNP Chief of Police concerned.
The power to direct the tactical and strategic movements,
deployment, placements or specific utilization of individual PNP members,
and components, equipment, facilities and other resources is vested in the
Chief of Police and the heads of the various levels of PNP officers. All
instruction of the City or Municipal mayors in the exercise of this power of
control and supervision, over the campaign against illegal gambling in his
jurisdiction should always be coursed through the Chief of Police
concerned. (Sec. 62, RA 6975)
Automatic Deputation of Local Government
Executives as Representative of the National Police
Commission
Governors and Mayors upon having been elected and
havingqualified as such are automatically deputized as
representative of the Commission in their respective jurisdictions.
Such officials shall furnish the commission through its regional
offices, a copy of their oath of office as governors and mayors as the
case may be, within thirty (30) days from their assumption of office.
Thereafter, the commission shall issue formal deputation orders to
them. As deputized agents of the Commission, local government
executives can inspect police forces and units, conduct audits, and
exercise other fonctions as nay be duly authorized by the
Commission. (Sec. 64, RA 8551)
Suspension or Withdrawal of Deputation
Unless reversed by the President, the Commission may, after
consuktation with the Provincial Governor and Congressman concerned,
suspend ot withdraw the deputation of any local executives for any local
executives for any of the following grounds:
1. Frequent unauthorized absences
2. Abuse of authority
3. Providing material support to criminal elements
4. Engaging in acts inimical to national security or which negates the
effecttiveness of the peace and order campaign
