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COMPARATIVE POLICE SYSTEM

SELECTED POLICE SYSTEM

PHILIPPINES
THE PHILIPPINE NATIONAL POLICE

PNP MANDATE

 Republic Act 6975 entitled An Act Establishing the PNP under a reorganized
Department of the Interior and Local Government and Other Purposes as
amended by RA 8551 Philippine National Police Reform and Reorganization
Act of 1998 and further amended by RA 9708.
MISSION
 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.

FUNCTIONS

1. Law Enforcement
2. Maintain peace and order.
3. Prevents and investigates crimes and bring offenders to justice.
4. Exercise the vested powers from the Philippine Constitution and pertinent
laws.
5. Detain and arrested person for a period not beyond what is prescribed by law.
6. Implements pertinent laws and regulations on firearms and explosives control.
7. Supervise and control the training and operations of security agencies.

PNP ORGANIZATIONAL SET-UP

- The PNP shall be headed by A Chief, with a rank of Director General (Police
General) who shall be assisted by two Deputy Chiefs: One for Administration,
who happens to be the second in command; and one for Operation who is third
in command with a rank of Deputy Director General.
- The head of the Directorial Staff with the rank of Deputy Director General is
known as Chief of the Directorial Staff of the PNP.

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 - The PNP organizational structure is composed of a National Office, Regional
Offices, Provincial Offices, district Offices, and City/municipal offices.

POLICE RECRUITMENT, SELECTION AND PLACEMENT

On Police Recruitment
 The first step in the recruiting procedure and the one that should receive greatest
emphasis is that of attracting applicants. Recruitment in the police service is
dependent on the availability of national or regional quota of the PNP which is
determined by the NAPOLCOM

STANDARD POLICY ON SELECTION AND APPOINMENT

There shall be standard policy for the selection of policy personnel throughout
the Philippines in order to strengthen the police service and lay the ground work for
police professionalization.

General Qualifications for Appointment. – No person shall be appointed as officer or

member of the PNP unless he or she possesses the following minimum qualifications:

a) A citizen of the Philippines;

"b) A person of good moral conduct;
"c) Must have passed the psychiatric/psychological, drug and physical tests
d) Must possess a formal baccalaureate degree
"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 by final judgment of an offense
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 weigh not more or less than five kilograms (5 kgs.) from 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: except for the last qualification, the above-enumerated
qualifications shall be continuing in character and an absence of any one of them
at any given time shall be a ground for separation or retirement from the service:
Provided, That PNP members who are already in the service upon the effectively
of this Act shall be given at least two (2) more years to obtain the minimum
educational qualification and one (1) year to satisfy the weight requirement.

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POLICE TRAINING

The training of police officers shall be responsibility of the PNP in coordination

with the (PPSC) Philippine Public Safety College which shall be the premier
educational institution for the training of human resources in the field f law enforcement
(PNP, BFP, BJMP) subject to the supervision of NAPOLCOM.

TYPES OF POLICE TRAINING PROGRAMS

1. BASIC RECRUIT TRAINING- the basic of all police training. It is prerequisite for
permanency of appointment.
 the basic recruit training shall be accordance with the programs of
instructions prescribed by the PPSC and the NAPOLCOM subjects to
modifications to suit local conditions. This course is conducted within not
less than 6 months. A training week shall normally consists of 40 hours of
scheduled instructions.
2. FIELD TRAINING (SEC 19 RA 8551)- the process by which an individual police
officer who is recruited into the service receives formal on the job for special and
defined purposes and performs actual job functions with periodic appraisal on
his performance and progress. The program shall be for twelve months
inclusive of the basic recruit training for non- officers and the officer basic
course for officers.
3. IN-SERVICE TRAINING PROGRAMS- this training is intended to all police
officers in need of advance courses to finish in order to be promoted to the next
higher rank.
4. DEPARTMENTAL TRAINING PROGRAMS- All members of the police department
shall undergo appropriate department in service training like supervisory
development, specialized or technical training.

POLICE SALARIES, BENEFITS AND PRIVILEGES

On Salary
The uniformed members of the PNP are considered employees of the national
government and draw their salaries there from. They have the same salary grade
that of a public school teacher. Police officers in metropolitan manila chartered cities
and first class municipalities may be paid with financial incentives by the local
government unit concerned subject to the availability of funds.

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On Benefits and privileges

1. Incentives and Awards

2. Health and Welfare
3. Longevity Pay and Allowances
4. Retirement benefit

THAILAND

THE ROYAL THAI POLICE (RTP)

- Is the national police force of Thailand.
- Royal Thai Police headquarters in Pathum Wan District, Bangkok
- The RTP employs between 210,700 and 230,000 officers, roughly 17 percent of
all civil servants (excluding military and the employees of state-owned
enterprises).
- The Royal Thai Police frequently is recognized as the fourth armed force of
Thailand as their tradition, concept, culture, skill, and training are relatively
same as the army and most of their officer cadets need to graduate from
the Armed Forces Academies Preparatory School together with prospective
cadets of the armed forces branches as a preparatory requirement before entering
the Police Academy, while the constables endure paramilitary training similar to
the army but with an additional focus on law enforcement.
The primary responsibility is for the maintenance of public order through
enforcement of the Kingdom’s law is exercised by the Royal Thai Police (RTP), under
control of Office of the Prime Minister.

PERSONNEL

- Thailand's police forces number about 230,000 officers. About eight percent
(18,400) are female. In the Philippines the percentage of female police
officers is 10 percent, 18 percent in Malaysia, and 30 percent, the world's
highest percentage of women, in Sweden. Of 8,000 investigators with the
RTP, 400 are women.
- Females were first admitted to the Royal Police Cadet Academy (RPCA),
founded in 1901.

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 ROYAL THAI POLICE ORGANIZATION

RATCHAWALLOP POLICE RETAINERS, KING'S GUARDS 904

- A special of unit of RTP that responsible in providing security to the royal family
and to collect information on "individuals or groups whose behaviors pose a
threat to the national security and His Majesty the King."

CENTRAL INVESTIGATION BUREAU

- The national coordinating headquarters has jurisdiction over the entire country.
The CIB was organized to assist both provincial and metropolitan components of
the Royal Thai Police in preventing and suppressing criminal activity and in
minimizing threats to national security.

NARCOTICS SUPPRESSION BUREAU

- The lead agency for counter narcotics investigations in Thailand.

AVIATION DIVISION
- Operates the force's extensive fleet of helicopters and light aircraft.

POLICE EDUCATION BUREAU

- Responsible for providing training police personnel in the latest methods of law
enforcement and the use of modern weapons.

TOURIST POLICE
- Uniformed personnel who lack police powers and are largely responsible for
writing out reports for insurance companies for victims of theft.
- There are 1,700 members of this unit.

TRAFFIC POLICE DIVISION

- Provides mounted escorts and guards of honor for the king and visiting
dignitaries and served as a riot-control force to prevent unlawful demonstrations
and to disperse unruly crowds within the capital city.

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