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Philippine National Police
Pambansang Pulisya ng Pilipinas
Coat of Arms of the Philippine National Police
Coat of Arms of the Philippine National Police
AbbreviationPNP
MottoService • Honor • Justice
Agency overview
FormedJanuary 29, 1991
Preceding agencies
Jurisdictional structure
National agencyPhilippines
Operations jurisdictionPhilippines
General nature
Operational structure
HeadquartersCamp Crame, Quezon City
Agency executive
Website
http://www.pnp.gov.ph/

The Philippine National Police (PNP) (Filipino: Pambansang Pulisya ng Pilipinas) is the national police force of the Republic of the Philippines. It is both a national and a local police force in that it provides all law enforcement services throughout the Philippines. The Philippine National Police, which was a result of a merger of the Philippine Constabulary and the Integrated National Police, was activated on January 29, 1991. Its national headquarters are based at Camp Crame, Quezon City, in the National Capital Region.[1] On September 22, 2008, President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo appointed Deputy Director General Jesus Verzosa, Philippine National Police (PNP) chief, replacing Director General Avelino Razon Jr., who retired on September 27.[2]

Origins

Leadership

Current

As of 2008,

  • Chief, PNP: PDDG Jesus Ame Verzosa CSEE
  • Deputy Chief for Operation (DCO) Deputy Director General Emmanuel Carta will replace Verzosa as Deputy Chief for Administration;
  • Chief of the Directorial Staff (CDS) Deputy Director General Ismael Rafanan will replace Carta;
  • National Capital Region Police Office (NCRPO) Director Geary Barias will replace Rafanan;
  • Director Jefferson Soriano, head of the Directorate for Investigation and Detective Management (DIDM), will replace Barias at the NCRPO;
  • Chief Superintendent Raul Bacalzo, head of the PNP-Health Support Services, will replace Soriano; and,
  • PNP-HSS Deputy Director for Operations Senior Superintendent Franklin Alfabeto will replace Bacalzo.[3]

As of 2007,

List of chiefs

# Name Term of Office
Start End
1 Cesar P. Nazareno[4] 31 March 1991 28 August 1992
2 Raul S. Imperial[4] 28 August 1992 (acting)
28 October 1992 (official) 		6 May 1993
3 Umberto Rodriguez[4] 6 May 1993 8 July 1994
4 Recaredo Arevalo Sarmiento II[4] 8 July 1994 1997
5 Santiago L. Aliño[5] 1997 1998
6 Roberto T. Lastimoso[5] 1998 1999
7 Edmundo L. Larozza[5] 1999 (acting) 1999
8 Panfilo M. Lacson[5] November 1999 January 2001
9 Leandro Mendoza[5] 16 March 2001 2002
10 Hermogenes E. Ebdane, Jr.[6] July 2002 23 August 2004
11 Edgar B. Aglipay[6][7] 23 August 2004 March 6, 2005
12 Arturo Lomibao[7][8] March 13, 2005 August 29, 2006
13 Oscar Castelo Calderon[8][9] August 29, 2006 October 1, 2007
14 Avelino Ignacio Razon, Jr.[9] October 1, 2007
(retired September 27 2008)
15 Jesus Ame Verzosa[2] September 27, 2008 Incumbent

Organization

The PNP has the following branches included:

Ranks

The following ranks are observed in the PNP as of 2009 with the following:[10]

Commissioned officers

  1. Director General (DGen.) - General
  2. Deputy Director General (DDG.) - gagoral,,
  3. Director (Dir.) - Major General
  4. Chief Superintendent (C/Supt.) - Brigadier General
  5. Senior Superintendent (S/Supt.) - Colonel
  6. Superintendent (Supt.) - Lieutenant Colonel
  7. Chief Inspector (C/Insp.) - Major
  8. Senior Inspector (S/Insp.) - Captain
  9. Inspector (Insp.) - Lieutenant

Note: Rank in Italics is the Army equivalent. There is no Second Lieutenant rank-equivalent in the PNP.

Non-commissioned officers

  1. Senior Police Officer IV (SPO4) - Master Sergeant
  2. Senior Police Officer III (SPO3) - Technical Sergeant
  3. Senior Police Officer II (SPO2) - Staff Sergeant
  4. Senior Police Officer I (SPO1) - Sergeant
  5. Police Officer III (PO3) - Corporal
  6. Police Officer II (PO2) - Private First Class
  7. Police Officer I (PO1) - Private

Note: Rank in Italics is the Army equivalent.

Weapons and Equipment

Vehicles

International Peace Support Operations and Humanitarian Relief Missions

On 3 April 1992, fifteen months into its reconstitution, the PNP began sending its international contingent to peace support operations and humanitarian relief missions in conflict areas around the world. Although most of these endeavors were United Nations-launched, there were some deployments made under the "lead-nation" concept or as an initiative of the Government of the Republic of the Philippines.

UN Peace Support Operations may be armed or unarmed peacekeeping, peace-building, or specialized efforts that require UN Civilian Police services.

International PNP deployments are:

CAMBODIA: 1992-93
♦United Nations Transitional Authority in Cambodia (UNTAC)

HAITI: 1994-95; 2004-present
♦Operation Uphold Democracy in Haïti - International Police Monitors component
♦UN Mission in Haïti (UNMIH)
♦l'Opération des Nations Unies pour la stabilisation en Haïti/
UN Stabilization Mission in Haïti (MINUSTAH)

EAST TIMOR: 1999-2002
♦UN Mission in East Timor (UNAMET)
♦UN Transitional Administration in East Timor (UNTAET)

TIMOR-LESTE: 2002-present
♦UN Mission of Support in East Timor (UNMISET)
♦UN Office in Timor-Leste (UNOTIL)
♦UN Integrated Mission in Timor-Leste (UNMIT)

KOSOVO: 1999-2009
♦UN Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo (UNMIK)

IRAQ: 2003-04
♦Philippine Humanitarian Contingent to Iraq (PHCI)

LIBERIA: 2004-present
♦UN Mission in Liberia (UNMIL)

AFGHANISTAN: 2004-present
♦UN Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA)

THE SUDAN (Southern): 2005-present
♦UN Mission in Sudan (UNMIS)

CÔTE D'IVOIRE: 2005-07
♦l'Opération des Nations Unies en Côte d'Ivoire/
UN Operation in Côte d'Ivoire (ONUCI)

NEPAL: 2007-08
♦UN Mission in Nepal (UNMIN)

GEORGIA: 2007-present
♦UN Observer Mission in Georgia (UNOMIG)

LEBANON: 2008
♦UN Independent International Investigation Commission in Lebanon (UNIIIC)

THE SUDAN (Western): 2008-present
♦UN-African Union Hybrid Mission in Darfur (UNAMID).[11]

Among the luminaries of the PNP Contingent are Police Director Rodolfo A Tor, who became the first Filipino police commissioner of a UN operation. In 2006, he was tasked to head the UN Integrated Mission in Timor-Leste, among the largest civilian police operations established by the UN. In 2008, Police Senior Superintendent Benigno B Durana Jr was named chief of staff and the second most-ranking police advisor of the UN Observer Mission in Georgia Police.

The PNP Contingent has no fatalities in the line of fire. The 1993 deaths of Senior Police Officers 4 Winston Zerrudo and Edilberto Evangelista, both UNTAC Police, were of non-hostile causes.

To date, the PNP Contingent has sent more than two thousand "warm bodies" to UN and other international peace support operations and humanitarian relief missions. It awaits the deployment of the Philippine Formed Police Unit, or FPU, of which creation was approved by the National Police Commission in 2006.[12]

National Operations Center (NOC)

PNP Chief Director General Avelino Razon Jr., on July 6, 2008, announced completion of the newly refurbished and reconfigured Camp Crame National Operations Center (NOC), powered by modern communication, imaging, and teleconferencing technology. Its new equipments include LCD monitors, CCTV cameras, and the electronic tracking system to monitor the deployment of mobile units thru global positioning system (GPS). Chief Superintendent Constante Azares Jr., chief of the PNP-NOC, explained that: "The NOC is the hub and nerve center of all PNP operations and activities nationwide. All deployments, movement of troops and police operations are monitored, coordinated and directed from this facility."[13]

Euro Generals Scandal

Further information: Euro Generals Scandal

The Euro Generals Scandal involves Eliseo de la Paz and several Philippine National Police officials who went to Russia on October 2008 to attend the Interpol conference. De la Paz was detained for carrying a large sum of undeclared money.

See also

References

  1. ^ :: WWW.PNP.GOV.PH :: Philippine National Police
  2. ^ a b inquirer.net, It’s official: Arroyo names Verzosa new PNP chief
  3. ^ newsinfo.inquirer.net, New execs named as guard changes at PNP
  4. ^ a b c d "PNP History". PNP. Retrieved 2008-08-30.
  5. ^ a b c d e "Philippine National Police Chiefs Then and Now". PNP. Retrieved 2008-08-30.
  6. ^ a b "Aglipay Assumes Command As 11th PNP Chief". PNP. 23 August 2004. Retrieved 2008-08-30. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
  7. ^ a b "Lomibao Is New PNP Chief". Philippine Headline News Online. March 14, 2005. Retrieved 2008-08-30. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
  8. ^ a b Felipe, Cecille Suerte (August 29, 2006). "PNP Chief Director General Oscar Calderon: Into The Boiling Cauldron". Philippine Headline News Online. Retrieved 2008-08-30. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
  9. ^ a b Nalzaro, Bobby (September 26, 2007). "Nalzaro: New PNP chief". Sun.Star. Retrieved 2008-08-30. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
  10. ^ "PNP ranks". Philippine National Police. Retrieved 2009-06-30.
  11. ^ GLOBAL PULISYA, The Philippine National Police in United Nations Peace Operations
  12. ^ PHILIPPINE PEACEKEEPERS: Instruments of World Peace, Sources of National Pride. Veterans' Registry
  13. ^ abs-cbnnews.com, PNP unveils state-of-the-art operations center

External links

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