Letter of Instructions (LOIs) and

Command Memorandum Circular

(CMC) set forth the guidelines and
procedures in the submission of
standard fingerprints and latent prints
to PNPCL for AFIS inquiry, verification,
registration and the utilization of AFIS
hit results.
 Letter of Instructions 03/09 dated
June 16, 2009, sets forth the
procedures in the submission of ten-
prints taken from arrested suspected
criminals during “booking” and
latent prints collected by police
investigators from the crime scene to
the PNP Crime Laboratory for AFIS
registration, inquiry and reference.
Letter of Instructions 04/09, dated
November 25, 2009, prescribes the
guidelines and investigation procedures
in the utilization of AFIS “HIT” results to
speed up the identification of criminal
offenders for the early solution of
crimes and administration of justice.
Letter of Instructions 02/10, dated
October 14, 2010, sets forth the
enhanced procedure to ensure
that the fingerprints of all
arrested suspected criminals are
properly taken during the
“booking” and that the latent
prints collected by the police
investigators from the crime
scene are submitted to the PNP
Crime Laboratory for AFIS
registration, inquiry and
reference.
Letter of Instructions 02/11, dated
March 23, 2011, sets forth the
procedure to be followed in all police
stations nationwide to ensure 100%
collection of ten-prints of all booked
suspects at the police stations
nationwide and its registration to the
AFIS, CL, setting the accountability of
the COPs/ Station Commanders,
Investigators and fingerprint
technicians and monitoring its
compliance.
Letter of Instructions 01-2012, dated March 22, 2012
sets forth the enhanced procedure to ensure that the
latent prints are expeditiously collected from simple or
minor property crime scenes and subsequently
transmitted to the AFIS by designated
investigators/Scene of the Crime Operation (SOCO)
Teams to provide investigative leads to patrol units/field
investigation units of the five (5) Districts of the National
Capital Region Police Office (NCRPO). Further, this will
properly identify the crime scenes which designated
investigators and SOCO teams must process.
 Parameters of jurisdictional
concerns/issues

• Sensational, heinous and high profile cases such

as murder, bank robberies, rape and the likes as
when the crimes involved VIPs, government
employees and foreign nationals or crimes that
occur inside or within the vicinity of significant
places like the Office of the President, churches,
and the likes should be processed by the SOCO.
Parameters of jurisdictional concerns/issues

Processing of Crime Scenes of property

crimes falling under the definition of robbery
or theft as defined by the RPC shall be
handled by the local stations if the amount
involved is 200,000 pesos and below.
Conversely, when the amount involved is
more than 200,000 pesos, the crime scene
process shall be referred the SOCO.
 Command Memorandum Circular No.
2013-06, dated January 11, 2013
provides the guidelines and procedures to
be undertaken by the concerned D-Staff,
Offices and Units to enhance the
capability of the PNP-CL personnel as
trainers of fingerprint examiners assigned
in the NHQ/Regional/Provincial/District
Crime Laboratory Offices, develop a core
of trainers, and to train field investigators
on the proper taking of ten-prints and
collection of latent prints.