ThePhilippine National Police(Filipino:Pambansang Pulisya ng Pilipinasand abbreviate d asPNP) is theciviliannational policeforce of thePhilippines.

The PNP was formed on January 29, 1991 when thePhilippine Constabularyand theIntegr ated National Policewere merged pursuant toRepublic Act 6975, or the Department of the Interior and Local Government Act of 1990.[1]It is part of theDepartment of the Interior and Local Government. Its national headquarters is atCamp CrameinQuezo n City,Metro Manila, and it has 140,000 personnel. It is administered and controlled by theNational Police Commission. Contents [hide] * 1History * 2Organization o 2.1Criminal Investigation and Detection Group o 2.2Internal Affairs Service o 2.3Philippine National Police Academy o 2.4National Operations Center (NOC) * 3Officers o 3.1Recruitment and training o 3.2Ranks of the Philippine National Police * 3.2.1Commissioned officers * 3.2.2Non-commissioned officers * 4Major activities and functions o 4.1International Peace Support Operations and Humanitarian Relief Missions * 5Incidents o 5.1Manila blackmail incident o 5.2Euro Generals scandal o 5.3Paraaque shootout o 5.4Binayug torture case o 5.5Maguindanao massacre o 5.6Failed hostage rescue operation * 6Firearms * 7Aircraft * 8List of chiefs * 9See also * 10References * 11External links History[edit] This section Passed on December requiresexpansion.(June 13, 1990, the Republic 2013) Act No. 6975, the Department of the In terior and Local Government Act of 1990, ended the existence of thePhilippine Con stabularyand theIntegrated National Policeand gave way to the creation of the Phili ppine National Police. R.A. 6975 was further amended by RA 8551, the Philippine National Police Reform and Reorganization Act of 1998, and by RA 9708. The R.A. 8551 envisioned the PNP to be a community and service oriented Agency. Organization[edit] Philippine National Police boat on theIloilo River,Iloilo City The PNP has the following branches included the following organizations"[2] * Philippine National Police Aviation Security Command * Special Weapons and Tactics * Special Action Force * Program Management Office * PNP Maritime Group * PNP Intelligence Group * PNP Regional Public Safety Battalion Criminal Investigation and Detection Group[edit] The Criminal Investigation and Detection Group is a unit of the PNP that investi gates major crime of a national scope, espescially those crimes committed by nat ional criminal organizations Internal Affairs Service[edit]

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 as sessment, analysis and evaluation of the character and behavior of the PNP perso nnel. It is headed by the Inspector General. Philippine National Police Academy[edit] The Philippine National Police Academy is located at Camp Gen. Mariano N. Castan eda, Silang, Cavite and is the premier training academy for the Philippine Natio nal Police, Bureau of Jail Management & Penology and Bureau of Fire Protection. National Operations Center (NOC)[edit] The National Operations Center (NOC) is at Camp Crame. Chief Superintendent Cons tante Azares Jr., chief of the PNP-NOC, explained that "the NOC is the hub and n erve center of all PNP operations and activities nationwide. All deployments, mo vement of troops and police operations are monitored, coordinated and directed f rom this facility."[3] Officers[edit] Recruitment and training[edit] Two members of the PNP rappel down a tower during a joint U.S.-AFP-PNP Subject M atter Expert Exchange (SMEE). The PNP conducts regular recruitment programs, depending on the annual budget. T he entry level for non-commissioned officers is the rank of Police Officer 1 or PO1. The new recruits will undergo Public Safety Basic Recruit Course for six mo nths, and a Field Training Program for another six months. Prior for their actua l duty, they are required to undergo the mandatory special training of PNP SCOUT or PNP Special Counter-insurgency Unit Training course for 45 days to 5 months to enhance them in militaristic/tactics for future assignment in the field wheth er in the Striking Force or in the Police Station. Commissioned officers for the Philippine National Police are from thePhilippine N ational Police Academyas well as through "lateral entry" for specialized discipli nes and requirements such as criminologists in line-officers, lawyers, doctors, engineers, nurse, chaplain and other technical positions and also the rose-fromthe-rank personnel who have reached the qualifications to be a commissioned offi cer. Ranks of the Philippine National Police[edit] This is a list of the ranks used by the PNP equivalent to the Army. Commissioned officers[edit] 1. Police Director General (P D/Gen.) -General 2. Police Deputy Director General (P D/DGen.) -Lieutenant General 3. Police Director (P Dir.) -Major General 1. Police Chief Superintendent (P C/Supt.) -Brigadier General 2. Police Senior Superintendent (P S/Supt.) -Colonel 3. Police Superintendent (P Supt.) -Lieutenant Colonel 4. Police Chief Inspector (P C/Insp.) -Major 5. Police Senior Inspector (P S/Insp.) -Captain 6. Police Inspector (P Insp.) -Lieutenant Non-commissioned officers[edit] 1. Senior Police Officer IV (SPO4) -Master Sergeant (MSg) 2. Senior Police Officer III (SPO3) -Technical Sergeant (TSg) 3. Senior Police Officer II (SPO2) -Staff Sergeant (SSg) 4. Senior Police Officer I (SPO1) -Sergeant (Sgt) 5. Police Officer III (PO3) -Corporal (Sgt) 6. Police Officer II (PO2) -Corporal(Cpl) 7. Police Officer I (PO1) -Private first Class(Pvt) Major activities and functions[edit] Zamboanga City, Philippines (April 30, 2009) Members of the Armed Forces of the Philippines and the Philippine National Police stack live ordnance for disposal. International Peace Support Operations and Humanitarian Relief Missions[edit] On 3 April 1992, fifteen months into its reconstitution, the PNP began sending i

ts international contingent to peace support operations and humanitarian relief missions in conflict areas around the world. Although most of these endeavors we re under theUnited Nations, there were some deployments made under the "lead-nati on" concept or as an initiative of the national government of the Philippines. A s of 30 June 2010, the PNP has sent over 1,600 officers on UN and other internat ional peace support operations and humanitarian relief missions. (Several police officers have been deployed more than once in their careers.) It has delivered an estimated minimum of 3.5 million (wo)man-hours in the mission areas. PNP peac ekeepers have had no fatalities under hostile fire. The 1993 deaths of Senior Po lice Officers 4 Winston Zerrudo and Edilberto Evangelista, both UNTAC Police, we re due to non-hostile causes. [4] UN Peace Support Operations requiring UN Civilian Police services may be armed o r unarmed peacekeeping, peace-building, or specialized efforts. The PNP's deployments have included Philippine National Police officers wearing UN berets as they were on duty in Ea st Timor. (30 July 2007) * CAMBODIA: 1992-93 -- United Nations Transitional Authority in Cambodia (UNTAC) * HAITI: 1994-95; 2004 present -- Operation Uphold Democracy in Hati - Internationa l Police Monitors component; UN Mission in Hati (UNMIH); la Mission des Nations U nies pour la stabilisation en Hati; UN Stabilization Mission in Hati (MINUSTAH) * EAST TIMOR: 1999-2002 -- UN Mission in East Timor (UNAMET); UN Transitional Ad ministration in East Timor (UNTAET) * TIMOR-LESTE: 2002 present -- UN Mission of Support in East Timor (UNMISET); UN O ffice in Timor-Leste (UNOTIL): UN Integrated Mission in Timor-Leste (UNMIT) * KOSOVO: 1999-2009 -- UN Interim Administration Mission in (UNMIK) * IRAQ: 2003-04 -- Philippine Humanitarian Contingent in Iraq (PHCI) * LIBERIA: 2004 present -- UN Mission in Liberia (UNMIL) * AFGHANISTAN: 2004 09 -- UN Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) * THE SUDAN (Southern): 2005 present -- UN Mission in the Sudan (UNMIS) * Ivory Coast: 2005-07 -- l'Opration des Nations Unies en Cte d'Ivoire; UN Operati on in Cte d'Ivoire (ONUCI) * NEPAL: 2007-08 -- UN Mission in Nepal (UNMIN) * GEORGIA: 2007 09 -- UN Observer Mission in Georgia (UNOMIG) * LEBANON: 2008 -- UN Independent International Investigation Commission in Leba non (UNIIIC) * THE SUDAN (Western): 2008 present -- UN-African Union Hybrid Mission in Darfur ( UNAMID).[5] Incidents[edit] Manila blackmail incident[edit] Further information:1998 Manila blackmail incident Ablackmailcase occurred inBinondoManilawhen police officers abducted and blackmailed 7Chinesecitizens suspected ofdrug traffickingon December 30, 1998.[6]After many month s of detainment and torture, twoHong Kongcitizens were killed off when the ransom money was not met.[7]One police superintendent who knew of the operation was also killed.[6] Euro Generals scandal[edit] Further information:Euro Generals scandal The Euro Generals scandal involves Eliseo de la Paz and several Philippine Natio nal Police officials who went to Russia on October 2008 to attend the Interpol c onference. De la Paz was detained for carrying a large sum of undeclared money. A House panel investigating the scandal concluded that the six police officials who attended the conference had made the trip illegally.[8]In 2010, the Office of theOmbudsmanfiled graft charges against twelve former and active ranking PNP offi cials for their alleged involvement in the incident.[9][10] Paraaque shootout[edit] On December 5, 2008, ten suspected criminals, one policeman, and five civilians,

a total of sixteen people, including a seven year old girl, were killed in a bl oody shootout inParaaque. Several others were wounded, including a ranking officer of the Highway Patrol Group, two members of the Special Action Force, a village watchman, and a security guard, said Director Leopoldo Bataoil, head of the Met ro Manila regional police.[11]The head of the Internal Affairs Service of the PNP said, "We failed in our mission to protect the civilians. [Because] during the conduct of operation [many civilian lives were lost],"[12]On July 29, 2009, it wa s reported that the Department of Justice (DOJ) had filed multiple murder charge s against 29 policemen, including three generals, in connection with the shootou t following the filing of a complaint-affidavit by Lilian de Vera, who lost her husband and daughter 7, in the incident.[13]On January 11, 2010, the Commission o n Human Rights recommended the filing of criminal and administrative charges aga inst 26 policemen[14]In March, it was reported that after two witnesses had said De Vera and his daughter were not killed in the shootout,that policemen already had complete control of the area where the two were killed, the Department of Ju stice filed two counts of murder charges against 25 policemen for the killings.[ 15] Binayug torture case[edit] Inspector Joselito Binayug, chief of the Asuncion police community precinct in T ondo arrested Darius Evangelista on March 5, 2009 for alleged robbery. A torture video was leaked to the media and shown on television showing a police officer whipping and cursing the suspect and pulling on a rope that was tied to the vict im sgenitals. The incident allegedly happened inside the Asuncion police precinct i n Tondo. Binayug was arrested for violating the Anti-Torture act of 2009. Separa te charges were filed for Evangelista being tortured to death.[16][17] Maguindanao massacre[edit] Main article:Maguindanao massacre On November 24, 2009, Senior Superintendent Abusana Maguid, the police chief of Maguindanao province, was reported to have been relieved of his duties after wit nesses reported seeing three of his officers at the scene of theMaguindanao massa crein which 57 people, including journalists, lawyers, aides, and motorists who w ere witnesses were killed.[18]On 25 November Maguid and Chief Inspector Sukarno D ikay were reported to have been relieved from post and placed under restrictive custody.[19]On November 26,Department of the Interior and Local Government(DILG) Se cretaryRonaldo Punoannounced that Maguid, Dikay, and others were suspected of invo lvement in the massacre.[20]On 19 December, Maguid, Dikay, and others were report ed to have been recommended for summary dismissal by the PNP high command.[21]On April 16, 2010, the National Police Commission ordered a 90-day suspension again st Maguid, Dikay, and 60 other police personnel for their possible involvement i n the killings.[22]On July 10, it was reported that Dikay had applied to become s tate witness, saying that he is confident that his testimony will pin down the m asterminds of the killing.[23] Failed hostage rescue operation[edit] Further information:2010 Manila hostage crisis The Philippine National Police conceded that in the 2010 Manila hostage crisis t hey made blunders in ending a bus hijacking, as outrage grew over the bloody ass ault played out on live television that left eight Hong Kong tourists dead. TheHo ng Kong Economic Journalwas reported to have accused the PNP of having an "appall ing professional standards" and "...[a] lack of strategic planning".[24] Firearms[edit] The standard issue sidearm of the PNP is theGlock 17Gen 4 semi-automatic pistol wh ile theSpecial Action Forcealso gain theM1911 pistolin .45 ACP for more firepower. Heavy arms are always available to the officers, such as theHeckler & Koch MP5,IMI UziandFN P90sub-machine guns,Remington 870shotguns ?M4 carbine,AK-47andM16 rifleor weapons required for missions.