Law
Enforcement
Administration
LESSON 13
LEA 1 Police Personnel
and Records
Management
Policies according to RA 6975
REPUBLIC ACT No. 6975 December 13, 1990
AN ACT ESTABLISHING THE PHILIPPINE NATIONAL POLICE UNDER A
REORGANIZED DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR AND LOCAL
GOVERNMENT, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
Philippines in Congress assembled:
Section 1. Title of the Act. – This Act shall be known as the
"Department of the Interior and Local Government Act of 1990."
Section 2. Declaration of Policy. – It is hereby declared to
be the policy of the State to promote peace and order,
ensure public safety and further strengthen local
government capability aimed towards the effective
delivery of the basic services to the citizenry through the
establishment of a highly efficient and competent police
force that is national in scope and civilian in character.
Towards this end, the State shall bolster a system of
coordination and cooperation among the citizenry, local
executives and the integrated law enforcement and public
safety agencies created under this Act.
The police force shall be organized, trained and equipped
primarily for the performance of police functions. Its
national scope and civilian character shall be paramount.
No element of the police force shall be military nor shall
any position thereof be occupied by active members of the
Armed Forces of the Philippines.
Section 30. General Qualifications for Appointment. – No person shall
be appointed as officer or member of the PNP unless he possesses
the following minimum qualifications:
(a) A citizen of the Philippines;
(b) A person of good moral conduct;
(c) Of sound mind and body;
(d) Must possess a formal baccalaureate degree for appointment as
officer and must have finished at least second year college or the
equivalent of seventy-two (72) collegiate units for appointment as
non-officer or an equivalent training or experience for those already
in the service upon the effectivity of this Act.
(e) Must be eligible in accordance with the standards set by the
Commission;
(f) Must not have been dishonorably discharged from military
employment or dismissed for cause from any civilian position in the
Government;
(g) Must not have been convicted be final judgment of an offense or
crime involving moral turpitude;
(h) Must be at least one meter and sixty-two centimeters (1.62 m.)
in height for male and one meter and fifty-seven centimeters (1.57
m.) for female;
(i) Must weight not more or less than five kilograms (5 kg.) of the
standard weight corresponding to his or her height, age, and sex;
and
(j) For a new applicant, must not be less than twenty-one (21) nor
more than thirty (30) years of age.
Section 31. Appointment of PNP Officers and Members. – The
appointment of the officers and members of the PNP shall be effected
in the following manner:
(a) Police Officer I to Senior Police Officer IV . – Appointed by the PNP
regional director for regional personnel or by the Chief of the PNP for
the national headquarters personnel and attested by the Civil Service
Commission.
(b) Inspector to Superintendent. – Appointed by the Chief of the PNP,
as recommended by their immediate superiors, attested by the Civil
Service Commission;
(c) Senior Superintendent to Deputy Director General. – Appointed by
the President upon recommendation of the chief of the PNP, with
proper endorsement by the Chairman of the Civil Service Commission
and subject to confirmation by the Commission on Appointments; and
(d) Director General. – Appointed by the President from among the
senior officers down to the rank of chief superintendent in the service,
subject to confirmation by the Commission on Appointments:
Provided, That the Chief of the PNP shall serve a tour of duty not to
exceed four (4) years: Provided, further, That, in times of war or other
Section 32. Examinations for Policemen. – The Civil Service
Commission shall administer the qualifying entrance
examinations for policemen on the basis of the standards
set by the NAPOLCOM.
Section 33. Lateral Entry of Officers into the PNP. – In
general, all original appointments of commissioned officers
in the PNP shall commence with the rank of inspector, to
include all those with highly technical qualifications
applying for the PNP technical services, such as dentist,
optometrists, nurses, engineers, and graduates of forensic
sciences. Doctors of medicine, members of the Bar, and
chaplains shall be appointed to the rank of senior inspector
in their particular technical service. Graduates of the
Philippine National Police Academy (PNPA) shall be
automatically appointed to the initial rank of inspector.
Licensed criminologists may be appointed to the rank of
inspector to fill up any vacancy after promotions from the
ranks are completed.
Section 34. Qualifications of Chief of City and Municipal Police
Stations. – No person may be appointed chief of a city police
station unless he holds a bachelor's degree from a recognized
institution of learning or has served in the Philippine
Constabulary or in the police department of any city or
municipality with the rank of captain or its equivalent therein
for at least three (3) years.
No person may be appointed chief of a municipal police
station unless he holds a bachelor's degree from a recognized
institution of learning or has served as officer in the Philippine
Constabulary or in the police department of any city or
municipality for at least two (2) years with the rank lieutenant
or its equivalent: Provided, That a member of the Bar with at
least five (5) years experience in active law practice and who
possesses the general qualifications under Section 30 of this
Act shall be qualified for appointment as chief of a city or
municipal police station: Provided, further, That the chief of
police shall be appointed in accordance with the provisions of
Section 51, paragraph b), subparagraph (4) (i) of this Act.
Section 36. Status of Members of the
Philippine National Police. – The members
of the PNP shall be considered employees
of the National Government and shall draw
their salaries therefrom: Provided, That
PNP members assigned in Metropolitan
Manila, chartered cities and first class
municipalities may be paid in additional
monthly allowance by the local
government unit concerned.
B. PROFESSIONALISM, WELFARE AND BENEFITS
Section 37. Performance Evaluation System. – There shall be
established a performance evaluation system which shall be
administered in accordance with the rules, regulations and
standards, and a code of conduct promulgated by the
Commission for members of the PNP. Such performance
evaluation system be administered in such a way as to foster
the improvement of individual efficiency and behavioral
discipline as well as the promotion of organizational
effectiveness and respect for the constitutional and human
rights of citizens, democratic principles and ideals and the
supremacy of civilian authority over the military.
The rating system as contemplated herein shall be based on
standards prescribed by the Commission and shall consider
results of annual physical, psychological and neuropsychiatric
examinations conducted on the PNP officer or member
concerned.
Section 39. Compulsory Retirement. – Compulsory
retirement, for officer and non-officer, shall be
upon the attainment of age fifty-six (56):
Provided, That, in case of any officer with the rank
of chief superintendent, director or deputy
director general, the Commission may allow his
retention in the service for an unextendible period
of one (1) year.
Section 40. Optional Retirement. – Upon
accumulation of at least twenty (20) years of
satisfactory active service, an officer or non-
officer, at his own request and with the approval
of the Commission, shall be retired from the
service and entitled to receive benefits provided
Section 38. Promotions. – (a) A member of the PNP shall
not be eligible for promotion to a higher position or rank
unless he has successfully passed the corresponding
promotional examination given by the Commission, or
the Bar or corresponding board examinations for
technical services and other professions, and has
satisfactorily completed an appropriate and accredited
course in the PNP or equivalent training institutions. In
addition, no member of the PNP shall eligible for
promotion unless he has been cleared by the People's
Law Enforcement Board (PLEB) of complaints proffered
against him, if any.
(b) Special promotion may be extended to any member
of the PNP for acts of conspicuous courage and gallantry
at the risk of his life above and beyond the call of duty,
or selected as such in a nationwide search conducted by
the PNP or any accredited civic organization.
Thank you
