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The Philippine National Police ( fil, Pambansang Pulisya ng Pilipinas, acronymed as PNP) is the armed national police force in the Philippines. Its national headquarters is located at
Camp Crame Camp General Rafael T. Crame () is the national headquarters of the Philippine National Police (PNP) located along Epifanio de los Santos Avenue (EDSA) in Quezon City. It is situated across EDSA from Camp Aguinaldo, the national headquarters of ...
in
Bagong Lipunan ng Crame Quezon City (, ; fil, Lungsod Quezon ), also known as the City of Quezon and Q.C. (read in Filipino as Kyusi), is the most populous city in the Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 2,960,048 people. It was fou ...
,
Quezon City Quezon City (, ; fil, Lungsod Quezon ), also known as the City of Quezon and Q.C. (read in Filipino as Kyusi), is the List of cities in the Philippines, most populous city in the Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a populatio ...
. Currently, it has approximately 220,000 personnel to police a population in excess of 100 million. The agency is administered and controlled by the National Police Commission and is part of the
Department of the Interior and Local Government The Department of the Interior and Local Government ( fil, Kagawaran ng Interyor at Pamahalaang Lokal), abbreviated as DILG, is the executive department of the Philippine government responsible for promoting peace and order, ensuring public saf ...
(DILG). Local police officers are operationally controlled by municipal mayors. DILG, on the other hand, organizes, trains and equips the PNP for the performance of police functions as a police force that is national in scope and civilian in character. The PNP was formed on January 29, 1991, when the
Philippine Constabulary The Philippine Constabulary (PC; tl, Hukbóng Pamayapà ng Pilipinas, ''HPP''; es, Policía de Filipinas, ''PF'') was a gendarmerie-type police force of the Philippines from 1901 to 1991, and the predecessor to the Philippine National Po ...
and the Integrated National Police were merged pursuant to Republic Act 6975 of 1990.About the Philippine National police


History


Creation after martial law

Until January 1991, the Philippines did not have a civilian national police force, and instead had the
Philippine Constabulary The Philippine Constabulary (PC; tl, Hukbóng Pamayapà ng Pilipinas, ''HPP''; es, Policía de Filipinas, ''PF'') was a gendarmerie-type police force of the Philippines from 1901 to 1991, and the predecessor to the Philippine National Po ...
under the
Armed Forces of the Philippines The Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) ( fil, Sandatahang Lakas ng Pilipinas) are the military forces of the Philippines. It consists of three main service branches; the Army, the Air Force, and the Navy (including the Marine Corps). The ...
(AFP) and city and municipal police organized under the Integrated National Police,About the Philippine National police
which was likewise nationalized and integrated under the command of the military under
martial law Martial law is the imposition of direct military control of normal civil functions or suspension of civil law by a government, especially in response to an emergency where civil forces are overwhelmed, or in an occupied territory. Use Martia ...
in 1975. The need to assert
civilian control of the military Civilian control of the military is a doctrine in military and political science that places ultimate responsibility for a country's strategic decision-making in the hands of the civilian political leadership, rather than professional military ...
was a reform agenda which began being addressed almost as soon as
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was deposed by the 1986
People Power Revolution The People Power Revolution, also known as the EDSA Revolution or the February Revolution, was a series of popular demonstrations in the Philippines, mostly in Metro Manila, from February 22 to 25, 1986. There was a sustained campaign of c ...
; within a year of Marcos' ouster, the 1987 Constitution of the Philippines enshrined the principle of civilian supremacy over the military. This was because of broad local and international consensus that "
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became rampant" during the dictatorship, with Philippine Constabulary units such as the Metrocom Intelligence and Security Group (MISG), and the 5th Constabulary Security Unit (5CSU), identified with many particular cases. These units had also been associated with acts of intimidation and violence media entities, corporate management, and opposition groups. The recommendations of the
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in 1990 thus included the dissolution of the
Philippine Constabulary The Philippine Constabulary (PC; tl, Hukbóng Pamayapà ng Pilipinas, ''HPP''; es, Policía de Filipinas, ''PF'') was a gendarmerie-type police force of the Philippines from 1901 to 1991, and the predecessor to the Philippine National Po ...
as a service under the AFP.About the Philippine National police
It was determined that a new civilian Philippine National Police was to be formed by merging the Integrated National Police into the Philippine Constabulary, with the PC forming the basis as it had the more developed infrastructure. The PC was then removed from the Ministry of National Defense and eventually civilianized, as part of the Department of the Interior and Local Government, through attrition and recruitment of new personnel. Passed on December 13, 1990, ''
Republic Act No. 6975 A republic () is a "state in which power rests with the people or their representatives; specifically a state without a monarchy" and also a "government, or system of government, of such a state." Previously, especially in the 17th and 18th ...
'', the
Department of the Interior and Local Government The Department of the Interior and Local Government ( fil, Kagawaran ng Interyor at Pamahalaang Lokal), abbreviated as DILG, is the executive department of the Philippine government responsible for promoting peace and order, ensuring public saf ...
Act of 1990 paved the way for a new era for Philippine law enforcement as the law ordered the total merger of both the
Philippine Constabulary The Philippine Constabulary (PC; tl, Hukbóng Pamayapà ng Pilipinas, ''HPP''; es, Policía de Filipinas, ''PF'') was a gendarmerie-type police force of the Philippines from 1901 to 1991, and the predecessor to the Philippine National Po ...
and the Integrated National Police and formally created the Philippine National Police.


Later reforms and reorganization

''R.A. 6975'' was further amended by ''R.A. 8551'', the Philippine National Police Reform and Reorganization Act of 1998, and by ''R.A. 9708''. ''R.A. 8551'' envisioned the PNP to be a community- and service-oriented agency and included the creation of the Internal Affairs Service of Philippine National Police. On June 14, 2019, the PNP announced that the Counter-Intelligence Task Force will be replaced with the Integrity Monitoring and Enforcement Group.


Leadership

* Commander-in-Chief: President
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*
Secretary of the Interior and Local Government The secretary of the interior and local government ( Filipino: ''Kalihim ng Interyor at Pamahalaang Lokal'') is the member of the Cabinet Cabinet or The Cabinet may refer to: Furniture * Cabinetry, a box-shaped piece of furniture with doors ...
&
NAPOLCOM The National Police Commission (NAPOLCOM; fil, Pambansang Komisyon ng Pulisya) is an agency attached to the Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) responsible for the administration and control of the Philippine National Police ...
Chairman: Secretary
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** Undersecretary for Peace and Order, DILG: Oscar F. Valenzuela *
Chief of the Philippine National Police The Chief of the Philippine National Police (abbreviated as C, PNP; Filipino: ''Hepe ng Pambansang Pulisya ng Pilipinas'') is the head of the Philippines' national police body, the Philippine National Police (PNP). The position is invariably held ...
(Chief, PNP): PGEN Rodolfo S. Azurin Jr. *The Deputy Chief for Administration of the Philippine National Police (TDCA, PNP): PLTGEN Rhodel O. Sermonia *The Deputy Chief for Operations of the Philippine National Police (TDCO, PNP): PLTGEN Benjamin D. Santos Jr. *The Chief of Directional Staff (TCDS, PNP): PMGEN Michael John F. Dubria *


Organization


National Headquarters

* Office of the Chief, PNP ** Office of the Senior Executive Assistant to the Chief, PNP ** Spokesperson for the Chief, PNP * Office of the Deputy Chief for Administration * Office of the Deputy Chief for Operations * PNP Directorial Staff ** Office of the Chief of Directorial Staff ** Secretary to the Directorial Staff * Liaison Office for the Office of the President * Office of the Senior Police Assistant to the Secretary of the Interior and Local Government * Human Rights Affairs Office (HRAO) * Center for Police Strategy Management (CPSM) * Peace Process and Development Center (PPDC) * Women and Children Protection Center (WCPC) * Public Information Office (PIO) * PNP Air Unit (AU) * PNP Command Center (PCC) * PNP Legislative Affairs Center * Office of the Police Attaché


Directorial Staff

* Directorate for Personnel and Records Management (DPRM) ** Personnel Holding and Accounting Unit * Directorate for Intelligence (DI) * Directorate for Operations (DO) * Directorate for Logistics (DL) * Directorate for Plans (DPL) * Directorate for Comptrollership (DC) * Directorate for Police Community Relations (DPCR) * Directorate for Investigation and Detective Management (DIDM) * Directorate for Human Resource Doctrine and Development (DHRDD) * Directorate for Research and Development (DRD) * Directorate for Information and Communications Technology Management (DICTM) * Area Police Command (APC) ** Northern Luzon ** Southern Luzon ** Visayas ** Western Mindanao ** Eastern Mindanao


National Administration Support Units

* Internal Affairs Service (IAS) * PNP Custodial Center *
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(PNPA) * PNP Training Institute (PNPTI) * Headquarters Support Service (HSS) * Health Service (HS) * Logistics Support Service (LSS) * Finance Service (FS) * PNP Training Service (PNPTS) * Engineering Service (ES) * Legal Service (LS) * Communications and Electronics Service (CES) * Information Technology Management Service (ITMS) * Police Retirement and Benefits Administration Service (PRBS) * Chaplain Service (ChS) * Police Recruitment and Selection Service (PRSS)


National Operations Support Units

* Criminal Investigation and Detection Group (CIDG) * Civil Security Group (CSG) * Special Action Force (SAF) * Highway Patrol Group (HPG) * Aviation Security Group (AVSeGroup) * Maritime Group (MG) * Intelligence Group (IG) * Forensic Group (FG; formerly PNP Crime Laboratory Group) * Police Security and Protection Group (PSPG) * Police Community Affairs and Development Group (PCADG; formerly Police Community Relations Group) * Firearms and Explosives Office (FEO) * Supervisory Office for Security and Investigation Agencies (SOSIA) * Drug Enforcement Group (DEG; formerly Anti-Illegal Drugs Group) * Anti-Kidnapping Group (AKG) * Anti-Cybercrime Group (ACG) * Explosives Ordinance Disposal and Cannine Group (EOD-K9) * Integrity Monitoring and Enforcement Group (IMEG; formerly Counter-Intelligence Task Force)


Divisional organization

Area Police Command Regional Offices Regional Police Offices manage and administer Police Stations within the various
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, each of which include several
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and
independent cities An independent city or independent town is a city or town that does not form part of another general-purpose local government entity (such as a province). Historical precursors In the Holy Roman Empire, and to a degree in its successor state ...
. Each unit exercises independent control over all police units within their areas of operation and attached units of the PNP National Headquarters are ordered to assist these Regional Offices. The
National Capital Region Police Office The National Capital Region Police Office (NCRPO) is a division of the Philippine National Police (PNP) that has jurisdiction over Metro Manila, also known as the National Capital Region. It is headquartered in Camp Bagong Diwa. History As PC ...
is one such regional office. Except in Metro Manila, regional police offices are organized into: * City Police Office (CPO) ** City Special Weapons and Tactics (CSWAT) ** Component City Police Station (CCPS) ** Police Community Precincts (PCP) *Municipal Police Stations (MPS) *City Police Stations (CPS) *Police Provincial Office (PPO) ** District Police Office (DPO) ** District Police Maneuver Unit (DPMU) ** Provincial Mobile Force Company (PMFC) *Police Regional Office (PRO) ** Regional Mobile Force Battalion (RMFB) ** Regional Headquarters Support Unit (RHSU) * Police Substations (PS)


Internal Affairs Service

The PNP created a national Internal Affairs Service (IAS) in June 1999. It is an organization within the structure of the PNP and one of its tasks is to help the Chief institute reforms to improve the image of the police force through assessment, analysis and evaluation of the character and behavior of the PNP personnel. It is headed by the Inspector General.


National Operations Center (NOC)

The National Operations Center (NOC) is at Camp Crame. Chief Superintendent Constante Azares Jr., chief of the PNP-NOC, explained that "the NOC is the hub and nerve of this facility."


Operational units

The following operational units exist within the PNP. *Anti-Cybercrime Group (ACG)responsible for the investigation of
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, conducting forensic analyses on seized computers and digital evidence, and for assessing vulnerabilities in public and private IT infrastructure. *Anti-Kidnapping Group (AKG)responsible in addressing kidnapping menace in the country and in handling hostage situations. * Aviation Security Group (AVSEGROUP)responsible for the security of Philippine airports against threats to civil aviation. *Civil Security Group (CSG)responsible for the regulation of all organized private detectives, watchmen, security agencies, and company guard forces. It also supervises the licensing and registration of firearms and explosives. * Criminal Investigation and Detection Group (CIDG)responsible for monitoring, investigating, and prosecuting 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 and handles all major cases involving violations of the
penal code A criminal code (or penal code) is a document that compiles all, or a significant amount of a particular jurisdiction's criminal law. Typically a criminal code will contain offences that are recognised in the jurisdiction, penalties that might ...
or other laws assigned. *Drug Enforcement Group (DEG)responsible for the prevention and control of illegal drugs in support of the
Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency The Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA, , ; Filipino: ''Ahensiya ng Pilipinas sa Pagpapatupad ng Batas Laban sa Bawal na Gamot'') is the lead anti-drug law enforcement agency, responsible for preventing, investigating and combating any ...
. *
Highway Patrol Group The Highway Patrol Group is a police unit under the Philippine National Police (PNP). History The Highway Patrol Group was established as Traffic Control Group (Trafcon) in 1955 as a response to a high-profile vehicular accident along a highway ...
(HPG)responsible for enforcing traffic laws and motor vehicle registration and regulation and assisting the
Land Transportation Office The Land Transportation Office ( fil, Tanggapan ng Transportasyong-Lupa; LTO) is an agency of the Philippine government under the Department of Transportation responsible for all land transportation in the Philippines. Functions of the LTO i ...
. This group is rarely seen outside of highly urbanized areas or in any provincial areas however. *Integrity Monitoring and Enforcement Group (IMEG)responsible for conducting intelligence build-up and law enforcement operations against PNP personnel who are involved in any illegal activities such as drug trafficking, human trafficking, financial crimes, cybercrime, malversation, graft and corrupt practices, security violations, and others. It replaced the Counter-Intelligence Task Force (CITF). *Intelligence Group (IG)responsible for intelligence and counter-intelligence. * Forensic Group (FG)responsible for carrying out different forensic services and scientific investigations. Known previously as the Crime Laboratory (CL), it includes the Scene of the Crime Operations (SOCO) division. * Maritime Group (MG)responsible for performing all police functions over Philippine territorial waters, lakes, and rivers and along coastal areas, including ports, harbors, and small islands for the security and the safety of the maritime environment. *Police Security and Protection Group (PSPG)responsible for the security of vital government installations, government officials, visiting dignitaries and private individuals authorized to be given protection. It also supports the
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in protecting the
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and their family. * Special Action Force (SAF)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 anti-hijacking, anti-terrorism, and explosives and ordnance disposal. *PNP Air Unit (AU)a highly specialized police unit specializing in providing air support to the entire PNP. It is staffed by a pool of professional, licensed and experienced pilots and aircraft mechanics. Once a part of Special Action Force.


Philippine National Police Academy

The Philippine National Police Academy is located at Camp Gen. Mariano N. Castaneda, Silang, Cavite and is the premier training academy for the Philippine National Police, Bureau of Jail Management & Penology and
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.


Rank structure


Full set of ranks

Per the current (2019) rank system, the National Police has no rank holders of Second Lieutenant, Technical Sergeant, Sergeant and Patrolman First Class.


Officers


Recruitment and training

The PNP conducts regular
recruitment Recruitment is the overall process of identifying, sourcing, screening, shortlisting, and interviewing candidates for jobs (either permanent or temporary) within an organization. Recruitment also is the processes involved in choosing individua ...
programs, depending on the annual budget. The entry level for non-commissioned officers is the rank of Police Patrolman (for male recruits) or Police Patrolwoman (for female recruits). The new recruits will undergo Public Safety Basic Recruit Course for six months, and a Field Training Program for another six months. Prior to their actual duty, they are required to undergo the mandatory special training of PNP BISOC or PNP Basic Internal Security Operations Course for 45 days to 5 months to enhance them in militaristic/tactics for future assignment in the field whether in the Striking Force or in the Police Station. Commissioned officers for the Philippine National Police are from the
Philippine National Police Academy The Philippine National Police Academy ( tl, Akademiyang Pampulisya ng Pilipinas) or PNPA, is a public safety school whose graduates are assigned as officers of the Philippine National Police (PNP), Bureau of Jail Management and Penology (BJM ...
as well as through "lateral entry" for specialized disciplines and requirements such as criminologists in line-officers, lawyers, doctors, engineers, chaplain and other technical positions and also the rose-from-the-rank personnel who have reached the qualifications to be a commissioned officer.


Retirement

A police officer has to two ways for retirement i.e. Optional and Mandatory Retirement. Optional Retirement is an option of an uniformed personnel to retire who rendered at least 20 years retire from the service, while the latter is when they reach the mandatory retirement age of 56. Any officer may opt to go on non-duty status at most three months before the date when they reach the mandatory retirement age so they could prepare the pertinent documents for their retirement (some called it Terminal Leave). While on this status they are still considered as part of the police force and retains their ranking.


Equipment


Reforms

The PNP is one of the "core security actors" that are the focus of
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, which involves civilianizing, professionalizing, modernizing, and capacitating the Philippine government's security institutions to align them
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and to principles such as
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,
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, and the rule of civilian law. This has been a continuing process since the establishment of the
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after the 1986
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, before the concept had even been fully defined internationally in the 1990s. The creation of the PNP itself, merging and replacing the PC and the INP, was an early and major step towards civilianization of the Philippine security sector.


Controversies


Manila blackmail incident

A
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case occurred in
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,
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when police officers abducted and blackmailed seven Chinese citizens suspected of
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on December 30, 1998.Newsinfo.inquirer.net.
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." ''Acting MPD chief facing raps over abduction of HK residents.'' Retrieved on August 28, 2010.
After many months of detainment and torture, two
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residents were killed when the ransom money was not paid.HKdailynews.com.hk.
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." ''新任警察總長一天下台 涉綁架謀殺3港人.'' Retrieved on August 28, 2010.
One police superintendent who knew of the operation was also killed.


Euro Generals scandal

The Euro Generals scandal involves Eliseo de la Paz and several Philippine National Police officials who went to Russia in October 2008 to attend an Interpol conference. De la Paz was detained for carrying a large sum of undeclared money. A House panel investigating the scandal concluded that the six police officials who attended the conference had made the trip without authorization. In 2010, the Office of the
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filed graft charges against twelve former and active ranking PNP officials for their alleged involvement in the incident.


Parañaque shootout

On December 5, 2008, ten suspected criminals, one policeman, and five civilians, a total of 16 people, including a seven-year-old girl, were killed in a bloody shootout in
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. Several others were wounded, including a ranking officer of the Highway Patrol Group, two members of the Special Action Force, a village watchman, and a security guard, said Director Leopoldo Bataoil, head of the Metro Manila regional police. The criminals belonged to a Waray-Waray gang and were armed with high-caliber
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s fitted with grenade launchers. The head of the Internal Affairs Service of the PNP said, "We failed in our mission to protect the civilians. Because during the conduct of operation many civilian lives were lost," On July 29, 2009, it was reported that the Department of Justice (DOJ) had filed multiple murder charges against 29 policemen, including three generals, in connection with the shootout following the filing of a complaint-affidavit by Lilian de Vera, who lost her husband and daughter, age seven, in the incident. On January 11, 2010, the Commission on Human Rights recommended the filing of criminal and administrative charges against 26 policemen In March, it was reported that after two witnesses had said De Vera and his daughter were not killed in the shootout, that policemen already had complete control of the area where the two were killed, the Department of Justice filed two counts of murder charges against 25 policemen for the killings.


Binayug torture case

Inspector Joselito Binayug, chief of the Asuncion police community precinct in Tondo arrested Darius Evangelista on March 5, 2009, for alleged robbery. A torture video was leaked to the media and shown on television showing a police officer whipping and cursing the suspect and pulling on a rope that was tied to the victim's
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s. The incident allegedly happened inside the Asuncion police precinct in Tondo. Binayug was arrested for violating the Anti-Torture act of 2009. Separate charges were filed for Evangelista being tortured to death.


Maguindanao massacre

On November 24, 2009, Senior Superintendent Abusana Maguid, the police chief of Maguindanao province, was reported to have been relieved of his duties after witnesses reported seeing three of his officers at the scene of the Maguindanao massacre in which 57 people, including journalists, lawyers, aides, and motorists who were witnesses were killed. On November 25 Maguid and Chief Inspector Sukarno Dikay were reported to have been relieved from post and placed under restrictive custody. On November 26,
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(DILG) Secretary
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announced that Maguid, Dikay, and others were suspected of involvement in the massacre. On December 19, Maguid, Dikay, and others were reported to have been recommended for summary dismissal by the PNP high command. On April 16, 2010, the National Police Commission ordered a 90-day suspension against Maguid, Dikay, and 60 other police personnel for their possible involvement in the killings. On July 10, it was reported that Dikay had applied to become state witness, saying that he is confident that his testimony will pin down the masterminds of the killing.


Failed hostage rescue operation

The Philippine National Police conceded that in the 2010 Manila hostage crisis they made blunders in ending a bus hijacking, as outrage grew over the bloody assault played out on live television that left eight Hong Kong tourists dead. The
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was reported to have accused the PNP of having "appalling professional standards" and "... lack of strategic planning".


"Wheel of Torture" secret detention facility

The Philippine Commission on Human Rights filed charges against ten police officers after it was discovered that they routinely tortured detainees inside a secret detention facility in Biñan, Laguna. It was alleged that some "were tortured for the police officers’ amusement" when they're intoxicated. The facility is notorious for utilizing a roulette called the "Wheel of Torture", a play on the ''
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'', where various torture methods were printed. The wheel is rotated and wherever the pin stops, the indicated torture method is perpetrated on the detainee."Philippine police accused of using "wheel of torture""
. NYPost. Retrieved January 30, 2014.
The torture methods included a 20-second Manny Pacman punch, named after the famous boxer
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, where the detainee is beaten for 20 seconds; "Paniki" which means being hung like a bat; "Tusok ulo ka" which means being pierced through the head; "Zombies" which means being electrocuted; and other degrading tasks like "duck walk" and "Ferris wheel".


Kidnapping and killing of Jee Ick-Joo

Sometime in January 2017, a Korean was killed inside Camp Crame. The Philippine National Police Anti-Kidnapping Group (PNP-AKG) charged former NBI officials Roel Boliv, Ricardo Diaz, and Jose Yap in relation to the case.


2013 Pampanga Drug recycling scandal

In 2013, an anti-illegal drug unit led by Police Chief Inspector (now Police Major) Rodney Baloyo launched an operation against a certain Chinese national inside a subdivision in Mexico, Pampanga. However, an alleged recycling of Methamphetamine Hydrocloride locally known as "Shabu" worth 648 million
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s confiscated dubbed as "Agaw-Bato" by the media and setting drug lord Johnson Lee free were discovered by then Criminal Investigation and Detection Group (CIDG) Chief (now
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Mayor)
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resulting to a dismissal of the 13 Policemen dubbed as "Ninja Cops" (including Baloyo) involved in the said operation. In 2019, Magalong revealed that PNP Chief Oscar Albayalde who was then the Pampanga Provincial Director when the incident happened, asked not to implement the dismissal of the cops involved in the recycling of drugs and often profited along with the cops involved. The revelations caused Magalong receiving death threats and the resignation of Albayalde on October 14, 2019.


Uniter Association

In 2019, German news outlets reported that the Philippine National Police received training from Uniter Association (German: Verein Uniter), a non-government organization suspected to be a
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paramilitary due to its alleged affiliation with a
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network called "Hannibal". Kontraste, a news magazine of Germany's public broadcasting network ARD reported that Uniter members held a training seminar at the Seda Hotel with high-ranking officers of the PNP, and other government officials, including
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who posted photos of the seminar on his Facebook page two days after he was convicted for graft. Uniter denied claims of training Filipino police forces in an attempt to establish right-wing extremist networks overseas, but insisted that they were there for "humanitarian" support for the Philippine's national police, which they claimed it as "unfortunate" timing given the ongoing
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. Despite being reported across Germany amidst a neo-Nazi scandal that hit the ''
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'' (which revolves around an alleged terror plot called " Day X"), not even a single news article of it was made in Philippine local and national news. The PNP has never made any statements of its involvement with Uniter (nor any of its affiliation) ever since.


Mañanita during the COVID-19 pandemic

The holding of a mañanita for NCRPO's chief (later PNP Chief) Debold Sinas amidst the
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was criticized for breaching quarantine regulations. A mañanita is a customary celebration in the PNP where senior officers are greeted by their personnel early in the morning of their birthdays. The national police has filed charges against Sinas over the event for violation of existing regulations on social distancing and mass gatherings. However, Sinas was still able to keep his post due to the "emergency situation" posed by the pandemic, as self-proclaimed by him.


2020 Tarlac shooting

Police Senior Master Sergeant Jonel Nuezca shot to death his two unarmed neighbors, Sonya Gregorio and her son Frank, in
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,
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, on December 20, 2020, at 5:10 pm ( PST). The incident was reported to the police 20 minutes later and, at 6:19 pm, Nuezca surrendered at the police station in
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. The incident started when Nuezca went to investigate the Gregorios who were shooting a boga–an improvised bamboo cannon used as a noisemaker every December. Nuezca tried to arrest Frank, who appeared to be drunk. This led to a heated argument with Sonya, which culminated in Nuezca killing the two by shooting them at close range. According to Police Colonel Renante Cabico, director of the Tarlac Provincial Police Office, Nuezca was "off duty" at the time of the incident. The police called the incident an "isolated case." The incident was captured on video and spread online. Several netizens and celebrities condemned the killings on social media with the hashtags #StopTheKillingsPH, #EndPoliceBrutality, #PulisAngTerorista, and #JusticeForSonyaGregorio dominating on Twitter in the Philippines, as well as in Singapore and
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. Some critics also pointed at the government over the acts of
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and
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abuses in recent years. An indignation rally was done by numerous groups on December 21, 2020, at the Boy Scout Circle, Quezon City. The disgraced former PNP officer Jonel Nuezca was found guilty of murder in August 2021 and sentenced to "reclusion perpetua", which is 40 years imprisonment with parole possible after 30 years. He was also ordered to pay PHP 476,000 (US$9,377) to the heirs of each of the people he brutally murdered.


Shootout with PDEA Agents (2021)

On February 24, 2021, personnel of the Philippines National Police (PNP) and the
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(PDEA) was involved in a
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incident. Personnel from both sides engaged in a gunfight with both sides saying they were conducting an anti-drug operation. The shootout resulted 2 deaths and 1 injured in the side of the PNP and 2 deaths and 3 injured in the PDEA Side.


Quezon City 52-year-old woman shooting (2021)

On May 31, 2021, a police officer Police Master Sergeant Hensie Zinampan, who appeared to be drunk, was filmed with a cell phone when he shot a 52-year-old woman named Lilybeth Valdez dead in close range outside the store in Fairview, Quezon City at around 9:30pm, following the heated argument between the two. The incident was caught on video. PNP Chief
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confronts Zinampan for his crime. The police filed an "administrative and criminal charges" against the police officer. The incident sparked outrage on social media, trending the hashtag #PulisAngTerorista on June 1, 2021, with the netizen rejected the claims that the incident was "isolated case." The incident was likened to the case of Tarlac shooting in December 2020. As is typical with PNP cases like this, there has been no further news on the status of the disgraced officer.


PNP Helicopter H-125 crash

A crew member identified as Patrolman Allen Noel Ona was killed while two police pilots identified as Police Lieutenant Colonel Dexter Vitug and co-pilot Police Lieutenant Colonel Michael Mellora were injured after an Airbus H-12

of the Philippine National Police crashed in
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while on an administrative mission on Monday, February 21, 2022. The ill-fated H-125 with registry number RP-9710 was earlier reported missing hours after taking off at 6:17 a.m. from the
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Domestic Airport in
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City en route to Northern
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on an administrative mission. "The chopper is on administrative flight to fetch the Chief PNP because he is supposed to attend the flag-raising in
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,
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. The commercial flight that he was supposed to take was not available so our air unit volunteered to pick him up. There are two choppers reserved for the Chief PNP so one of them flew to pick him up to bring him to Camp Crame so he could attend the flag-raising. Nobody wanted the accident to happen," PNP spokesperson Col. Jean Fajardo said. Fajardo added that Carlos was on the island since Sunday via a chartered flight to have some private time with his family. Despite Administrative Order No. 239, s. 2008 section

saying that ANY government vehicles can not be used for personal use,
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secretary and National Police Commission Chairperson
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assured in a separate statement to reporters that Carlos’ supposed trip was legal even if it was for a personal function. " You cannot separate private time from an official time. As CPNP, it’s included in his privileges as head of the organization. " Año added.


See also

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