1.

Organizational Structures

An organizational structure is a system that outlines how certain activities are directed in order to
achieve the goals of an organization. These activities can include rules, roles, and responsibilities. The
organizational structure also determines how information flows between levels within the company.

*Commission Proper

The Commission Proper shall sit as a body to determine policies, promulgate rules and regulations, and
prescribe standards governing the performance by the Commission of its powers and functions.

*Staff Service

Staffing service means any person, other than a professional employer organization, that hires its own
employees and assigns them to a client to support or supplement the client's workforce.

*Disciplinary Appellate Boards

National Appellate Board decides cases on appeal from decisions rendered by the Director General of
the Philippine National Police (PNP), where the penalty imposed is demotion in rank or dismissal from
service.

2. Philippine National Police

*PNP Mandate

The PNP shall enforce the law, prevent and control crimes, maintain peace and order, and ensure public
safety and internal security with the active support of the community. Law Enforcement. Maintain
peace and order. Prevents and investigates crimes and bring offenders to justice.

*PNP Philosophy

Service • Honor • Justice – Added distinct ideals for the officers, men and women of the PNP to insure
efficiency, integrity, cohesiveness, camaraderie and equanimity to enhance community acceptance and
support to attain its mission of peace keeping and law enforcement.

*PNP Core Value

To be open and truthful in all dealings. To discharge duties and responsibilities with accountability,
decency, and moral uprightness. To serve the Commission, the PNP and the public with selfless
commitment.

*PNP Vision
Imploring the aid of the Almighty, by 2030, PRO2 shall be a highly capable, effective and credible police
service working in partnership with a responsive community towards the attainment of a safer place to
live, work and do business.

*PNP Mission

To enforce the law, to prevent and control crimes, to maintain peace and order, and to ensure
public safety and internal security with the active support of the community.

*Power and Function of PNP

*Support Units of PNP

There are 23 National Support Units of the PNP. Eleven (11) of which are administrative while twelve
(12) are operational in nature. The eleven Administrative Units are as follows:

Logistics Support Service (LSS).

Information Technology Management Service (ITMS).

Finance Service (FS).

Health Service (HS)..

Communications and Electronics Service (CES).

Chaplain Service (CHS).

Legal Service (LS).

Headquarters Support Service (HSS).

Engineering Service( ES).

Training Service (TS). and

PNP Retirement and Benefits Administration Service (PRBS).

*Operational Support Units

The twelve (12) operational support units and their respective functions are as follows:

Maritime Group (MG). This group is responsible to perform all police functions over Philippine Territorial
waters, lakes, and rivers along coastal areas to include ports and harbors and small islands for the
security and the sustainability development of the maritime environment.

Intelligence Group (IG). This group serves as the intelligence and counter-intelligence operating unit of
the PNP.

Police Security and Protection Group (PSPG). This group provides security to government vital
installations, government officials, visiting dignitaries and private individuals authorized to be given
protection.

Criminal Investigation and Detection Group (CIDG). This group monitors, investigates, prosecutes all
crimes involving economic sabotage, and other crimes of such magnitude and extent as to indicate their
commission by highly placed or professional criminal syndicates and organizations. It also conducts
organized- crime –control, all major cases involving violations of the revised penal Code, violators of
SPECIAL LAWS assigned to them such as Anti-hijacking, Anti-Carnapping and Cyber crimes among others
and atrocities committed by Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP)/New People’s Army
(NPA)/National Democratic Front (NDF).

Special Action Force (SAF). This group is a mobile strike force or a reaction unit to augment regional ,
provincial, municipal and city police force for civil disturbance control, internal security operations,
hostage-taking rescue operations, search and rescue in times of natural calamities, disasters and
national emergencies and other special police operations such as ant-hijacking, anti-terrorism,
explosives and ordnance disposal. On a special note, the PNP Air Unit is placed under the supervision of
SAF.

Aviation Security Group (AVEGROUP). This group provides security to all airports throughout the
country.

Highway Patrol Group (HPG). This group enforces the traffic laws and regulations, promote safety along
the highways, enhances traffic safety consciousness through inter- agency cooperation concerning
Police Traffic Safety Engineering, Traffic Safety Education and Traffic Law enforcement functions and
develops reforms in the crime prevention aspect against all forms of lawlessness committed along
National Highway involving the use of motor vehicles.

Police-Community Relations Group (PCRG). This group undertakes and orchestrates Police Community
Relations program and activities in partnership with concerned government agencies, the community,
and volunteer organizations in order to prevent crime and attain a safe and peaceful environment.

Civil Security Group (CSG). This group regulates business operations and activities of all organized
private detectives, watchmen, security guards/agencies and company guard forces. It also supervises
the licensing and registration of firearms and explosives.

Crime Laboratory (CL). This group provides scientific and technical, investigative aide and support to the
PNP and other investigative agencies. It also provides crime laboratory examination, evaluation and
identification of physical evidence gathered at the crime scene with primary emphasis on medical,
biological and physical nature.

PNP Anti-Kidnapping Group (PNP-AKG). This Group serves as the primary unit of the PNP in addressing
kidnapping menace in the country and in handling hostage situations. And

PNP Anti-Cybercrime Group (PNP- ACG). This Group is responsible for the implementation of pertinent
laws on cybercrimes and anti-cybercrime campaigns of the PNP.