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NATIONAL HEADQUARTERS, PHILIPPINE NATIONAL POLICE
OFFICE OF THE CHIEF, PNP
Camp BGen Rafael T Crame, Quezon City

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POLICIES AND GUIDELINES IN THE ACTIVATION OF THE PNP RECRUITMENT
AND SELECTTON SERVTCE (PRS)

1. REFERENCES:
a. Republic Act No. 11200, entitled: 'An Act Providing for the Rank
Classification in the Philippine National Police, Amending for the
Purpose Section 28 of Republic Act No. 6975, as Amended, Othenvise
Known as the "Department of the lnterior and Local Government Act of
1990" dated February 8, 2019;

b. NAPOLCOM Resolution No. 2019-1030 dated December 27, 2019,

entitled: ?pproving the Creation of the PNP Recruitment and Selection
Service";

c. NHQ-PNP General Orders No. DPL-19.04 dated December 27,20'19

providing the activation of the PNP recruitrnent and Selection Service
(PRS);

d. PNP Memorandum Circular (MC) No. 2018-048, entitled: "Revised

Policies and Guidelines Governing the 2nd Level PCOs and PNCOs
Regular Promotion Program"; and

e. PNP MC No. 2003-004, entitled: 'Revised Guidelines Prescribing a

Standard Procedure for the Recruitment, Selection and Appointnent of
Police Non-Commissioned Officers in the PNP."

2. RATIONALE:

This PNP Memorandum Circular (MC) provides the policies and guidelines
that shall govern the activation of the PNP Recruitment and Selection Service.

3. SITUATION:

Pursuant to
NHQ-PNP General Orders Number DPL-1904 and
NAPOLCOM Resolution No. 2019-1030 dated December 27, 2019, the PNP
Recruitment and Selection Service shall be activated as a National Administrative
Support Unit (NASU) under the functional supervision of the Directorate for
Personnel and Records Management.

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 This unit was created to address the large and still growing personnel
requirement of the PNP and to strengthen and institutionalize the standard
implementation of the PNP recruitment and selection program to ensure the entry of
qualified and competent uniformed personnel in the PNP.

The PRS shall be the main office to implement and evaluate the policies
and guidelines governing the PNP recruitment and lateral entry programs; manage
the implementation of the Recruitment and Selection Program for Cadets of the
Philippine National Police Academy (PNPA), Patrolman/Patrolwoman, and Lateral
Entry Program for Line and Technical Officers; develop recruitment capability in
terms of human resource and technology; and determine regular recruitmenU lateral
quota in coordination with Directorate for Plans and other concemed members of the
Directorial Staff.

4. PURPOSE:

To establish comprehensive policies and guidelines governing the

personnel fill-up, logistical requirements and financial requirements of the PRS upon
its activation.

5. DEFINITION OF TERMS:

a. Cadet - is a person undergoing training in the police for the purpose of

acquiring the necessary education and professional competence for
the development of potential officers.

b. Complete Background lnvestigation (CBl) - it is theperson

process of
determining the reputation and possible involvement of a in any
criminal activities, violent incidents, or membership in any dubious or
terrorist organization. The CBI shall be conducted by the Directorate for
lntelligence (Dl) through its operating units like the lntelligence Group
(lG) and the Regional lntelligence Division (RlD).

c. Detail- is a temporary movement of a Uniformed Personnel from the

PNP to other government office/agency which does not involve a
reduction in rank, status or salary and issuance of an appointment but
requires the issuance of PNP orders.

d. -
lnspectorate Officer (lO) is the designated personnel who conduct
inspections for administrative and operational matters requiring the
special attention of office and personnel concerned. The lO also
receives, investigates and report on allegations, complaints and
grievances of individuals and agencies and recommends remedial
action to correct deficiencies noted in inspections or investigations.

e. Lateral Entry - a mode of recruitment to fill-in vacancies in the

uniformed personnel commissionship of officers for technical and line
units.

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 f. Patrolman/Patrolwoman -
the inilial rank of appointment for Police
Non-Commissioned fficers in the PNP.

g. PNP Personnel - refer to the Uniformed and Non-Uniformed personnel

ofthe PNP.

h. -
Promotion is an advancement of personnel from one position to a
higher position with an increase in duties and responsibilities as well as
increase in salary and benefrts as authorized by law. Promotion is not a
right; it is a privilege.

Recruitment -
the process of attracting candidates who satisfy the
qualifications to be eligible for the selection procedure. lt is the process
by which potential candidates are brought to the initial point of the
selection process.

j. Selection - the systematic method of determining the merit and fitness

of a person on the basis of qualifications and ability to perform the
duties and responsibilities of the position. Recruitment ends where the
selection process begins. lt is concerned with the screening of
candidates after they have applied. lt involves also the ranking of
candidates on the basis of qualification and fitness as determined by
the Screening Committee.

6. GUIDELINES:

a. General Guidelines:
1) The PNP Recruitment and Selection Service Command Group shall
be composed of the Director, the Deputy Director, and the Chief of
Staff;

2) lt shall also maintain three Divisions namely:Administrative and

Resource Management Division; Recruitment and Selection
Division; and Process Management and Appointment Division;

3) The PRS shall maintain 17 PNP Recruitment and Selection Units

(PRSU) under the Police Regional Offices (PROs) which shall serve
as the operating arm of the Service on the recruitment and selection
of applicants in the PROs;

4) The PRS shall likewise maintain a PNP Recruitment and Selection

Unit in the Philippine National Police Academy (PRSU-PNPA) to
manage the implementation of the Recruitment and Selection
Program for Cadets;

5) Personnel Fill-up:
a) The PRS Command Group and Division Chiefs will have a rank
of Police Colonel (PCOL);

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 b) lt shall have an initial complement of 239 personnel broken
down as follows: 54 Police Commissioned Officers (PCOs) with
the ranks of Police Captain (PCPT) to PCOL; 148 Police Non-
Commissioned Officers (PNCOS) with the ranks of Police
Corporal (PCpl) to Police Executive Master Sergeant (PEMS)
and 37 Non-Uniformed Personnel (NUP); and

c) Additional 51 NUP positions shall be submitted for approval of

the Department of Budget and Management.

6) Upon activation of the PRS as a NASU, the DPRM shall be

reorganized, as follows:
a) The Recruitment and Selection Division (RSD), DPRM shall be
deactivated and a PNCO Placement and Promotion Division
(PNCOD) shall be activated;

b) The existing Senior fficers Placement and Promotion

Division
(SOPPD) shall be renamed as PCO Placement and Promotion
Division (PCOD); and

c) The Recruitment Placement and Promotion Selection Section

(RPPSS) under the Regional Placement and Promotion Section
(RPRMD), PROs shall be renamed as Placement and
Promotion Section.

7) The PRS shall have a maximum transition of two years;

8) Consequently during the transition, all PNP personnel in the RSD

and the RPRMD who are performing recruitment and selection
functions shall be automatically absorbed and transferred to the
PRS; and

9) \Mile waiting for the approval of Department of Budget and

Management (DBM) for the 51 Additional NUP Plantilla, volunteers
performing recruitment and attestation functions shall be reassigned
to PRS.

b. Specific Guidelines:
1) Detailed Personnel:
a) The PRS shall be supported by one Servicing Legal Offlcer who
will also function as an lnspec{orate Officer with the rank of
Police Major (PMAJ) who shall be detailed from the PNP Legal
Service; and

b) A PCO and two lnformation Technology (lT) Project PNCOs

from the lnformation Technology Management Service shall be
detailed with the PRS and act as lT Project Officers.

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c. Responsibilities:
1) Directorate for Personnel and Records Management (DPRM)
a) Designated as the OPR to supervise the proper
implementation of this MC;

b) Act as the approving authority and issue the corresponding

orders for assignment of personnel to be assigned with the
PRS;

c) SOPPD, DPRM shall identify and categorize the third level T.O.
positions in the PRS; and

d) Perform other tasks as directed

2) Directorate for lntelligence (Dl)

a) Conduct of CBI of all applicants for PNPA Cadets,
Patrolman/Patrolwoman and Lateral Entry and submit results to
the PRS; and

b) Perform other tasks as directed.

3) Directorate for Comptrollership (DC)

a) Shall identify the source of funds for the full operationalization of
the PRS;

b) lnitiate appropriate action for the prompt release of funds;

c) Program the budgetary requirement for PRS and include in the

PNPs budget proposal; and

d) Perform other tasks as directed.

4) Directorate for Logistics (DL)

a) Come up with the Table of Equipment of the PRS in
coordination with Directorate for Plans (DPL);

b) Determine the area and location where the PRS and its
Regional Units will be housed; and

c) Perform other tasks as directed.

5) PNP Recruitment and Selection Service (PRS)

a) Shall be the OPR in the proper implementation of this MC;
b) Consolidate the CBI results from the Dl; and

c) Perform other tasks as directed.

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 6) Crime Laboratory (CL)
a) Conduct Drug Test, lifting of fingerprint and handwritten
specimen to all applicants for the PNPA Cadets, Patrolman/
Patrolwoman and Lateral Entry and submit results to PRS;
b) Shall maintiain a data base of drug test, fingerprint and
handwritten specimen results of all applicants; and

c) Perform other tasks as directed.

7) Health Service (HS)

a) Conduct Psychiatric and Psychological Examination (PPE),
Physical, Medical and Dental Examination (PMDE) to all
applicants for the PNPA Cadets, Patrolman/Patrohvoman and
Lateral Entry and submit results to the PRS;

b) Shall maintain a data base of the PPE and the PMDE results of
all applicants;

c) Assist the recruiting office/unit in the conduct of Physical Agility

Test (PAT) to all applicants for the PNPA Cadets,
Patrolman/Patrohivoman and Lateral Entry; and

d) Perform other tasks as directed.

7. REPEALING CLAUSE:

All PNP issuances that are contrary to or inconsistent with this MC are
hereby repealed or amended accordingly.

8. EFFECTIVITY:

This MC shall take effect afier 15 days from filing a copy thereof at the UP
Law Center in consonance with Section 3, Chapter 2, Book Vll of Executive Order
292 othenrise known as'Revised Administrative Code of 1987,'as amended.

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FROM TDPRM

SUBJECT Propoaed Pl{P emorandum Circutar on policieg and

Guldellne in the Activation of the PNP Recruitnent and CPNP root:o loaasga
Selection Service (PRS)
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DATE March 3, 2020 AOzl859zl

'l . References:
a. NHQ-PNP Letter Orders Numbe. 22 dated January 29, 2O2O with
subject: Commitee on the Preparatbn for the lnauguration and
Activation of the PNP Recruitment and Selection Service (pRS);

b. NAPOLCOM Resolutbn No. 2019-1030 dated Decembe r 27,2O19,

entitled: "Approving the Creation of the PNP Recruitment and SeHion
Servie'; and
c. NHQ-PNP C:eneral Orders No. DPL-1$.04 dated Decembe r 27, 2019
providing the activation of the PNP recruitment and Seleclion Service
(PRS).

2. This pertains to the proposed PNP Memorandum Circuliar (MC) entifled,

"Policbs and Guk eline3 in the Aclivatlon of the PNP Recruitment and Selection
Service (PRS)" which sets forth the policbs and guidelines that shan go\rem in the
ac-tivatbn d the PRS.

3. Pursuant to NHQ-PNP General Orders Number DPL-1$.{X and

NAPOLCOM Resolution No. 2019-1030 dated December 27,2019, the pRS sha be
a€tivated as a National Administrative Support Unit under the func{bnal supervision
of the Direcrorate for Personnel ard Records Managernent.

4. The PRS was created to address the large and still growing personnel
requiremer of the PNP and to strengthen and institutionalize the standard

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impbmentation of the PNP recntitment and selection program to ensure the enfy of
qualified and competent uniformed personnel in the PNP.

5. lt shall be lhe main office to impbment and evaluate the policies and
guftlelines governing the PNP recruitmenl and tateral entry programs: manage the
impbmentation of lhe Recruitrnent and Selection Program for Cadeucadette of the
Philippina National Police Academy (PNPA), Patrolman/Patroh^roman, and Lateral
Entry Program for Line and Technical Officers; develop recruitment capability in
terms of human resource and technology; and determine regular recruitrnenulateral
quota in coordination with Directorate for Plans and other concemed members of the
Directorial Staff.

6. ln this conneclion, the Committee on the Preparation for the lnauguration

ard Activation of the PRS was created and rvas headed by the Deputy Director for
Personnel and Records Management, to crafl an appropriatl policy for ihe aciivation
of the PRS. After serbs of Codnnittee meetings. a PNP MC rxas crafied to provide
@rnp.ehensive pdides and guidelines in the Activatiofl of the PRS, with the
folloring salbnt prwbions:
a. The PRS shall maintain '17 PNP Recruitrnent and Seleciion Units
(PRSU) under the Police Regional Offices (PROs) which shall serve as
the operating arm of the Service on lhe recruitment and sebction of
applicants in the PROs;
b. The PRS shall likewise maintain a PNP Recruitrnent and Selec{ion Unit
in the Philippine National Police Academy (PRSU-PNPA);
c. lt shall have an initial compbrnent of 239 personnel broken dor,vn as
follorrc: 54 Police Commissioned Officers (PCOS) with the ranks of
Police Captain (PCPT) to PCOL; 148 Police Non-Conrmissioned
Officers (PNCOS) with the ranks of Police CoDoral (PCpl) to Potice
Executive Master S€rgeant (PEMS) and 37 Non-Unifonned Personnel
(NUP):
d. Additional 51 NUP positbns shall b€ sub.nitted for approvat of the
Departnent of Bt dget and Managerneflt and whib waiting for the
approval, volunteers shall be absorbed;
e. Upon activaticn of the PRS as a I{ASU, the DPRM shall be
reorganized;
f. The PRS shall have a maximum transitircn of two years; and
g. Consequently during the transition, all PNP personnel in the RSD and
RPRMD who are perrorming recruitrnent and seleclion functions shall
be autornatically absorbed and transferred to PRS.

7. ln view of the foregoing, respectfully recomrnend the approval and

signature on the attaclEd proposed PNP MC enlitled, 'Policies and Guidelin€s in the
Activation of the PNP Recruitnent and Sebction Servbe (PRS)."

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