Rule 6 Investigation Operations

6.2 Maintenance of Police Blotter

a. Police Blotter
Each PNP operating unit/station shall maintain two separate police blotters:
1) Blue Blotter. Contains the daily registry of all crime incident reports,
official summaries of arrest, and other significant events reported in a
Police Station/Unit; and
2) Pink Blotter. Contains the daily registry of all crime incident reports
involving Violence Against Women and Children, Trafficking in Person, and
other Gender-Based Violence such as those provided for in PNP policies and
Philippine laws.
b. Blotter Procedure
Crime incidents, arrests, or events/activities shall be recorded in the blotter book
by the DO.
If the report is a crime incident as verified by the DI, he/she shall accomplish the
Incident Record Form (IRF) (Annex “NN”) using Crime
Information Reporting and Analysis System (CIRAS) from which the entry in the
blotter book shall be extracted from.
If the incident falls under the jurisdiction of the Katarungang Pambarangay, it
shall al be recorded but indicated in disposition as referred to Barangay.
If the crime incident involves Children in Conflict with the Law (CICL), always use
a.k.a. or aliases when writing entries to blue blotter.