This document outlines the Philippine National Police's (PNP) legal offensive strategy against threat groups to national security. It establishes the PNP Committee on Legal Action to strengthen coordination of legal action efforts across agencies. The committee is tasked with case building, evidence gathering, prosecution, and filing charges against leaders and members of threat groups to disrupt their activities through legal means. Various PNP offices provide support to the committee's efforts in intelligence, investigation, forensic analysis, and legal assistance.
This document outlines the Philippine National Police's (PNP) legal offensive strategy against threat groups to national security. It establishes the PNP Committee on Legal Action to strengthen coordination of legal action efforts across agencies. The committee is tasked with case building, evidence gathering, prosecution, and filing charges against leaders and members of threat groups to disrupt their activities through legal means. Various PNP offices provide support to the committee's efforts in intelligence, investigation, forensic analysis, and legal assistance.
This document outlines the Philippine National Police's (PNP) legal offensive strategy against threat groups to national security. It establishes the PNP Committee on Legal Action to strengthen coordination of legal action efforts across agencies. The committee is tasked with case building, evidence gathering, prosecution, and filing charges against leaders and members of threat groups to disrupt their activities through legal means. Various PNP offices provide support to the committee's efforts in intelligence, investigation, forensic analysis, and legal assistance.
This document outlines the Philippine National Police's (PNP) legal offensive strategy against threat groups to national security. It establishes the PNP Committee on Legal Action to strengthen coordination of legal action efforts across agencies. The committee is tasked with case building, evidence gathering, prosecution, and filing charges against leaders and members of threat groups to disrupt their activities through legal means. Various PNP offices provide support to the committee's efforts in intelligence, investigation, forensic analysis, and legal assistance.
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Legal Offensive Against
Threat to National Security
Groups Lesson Goal This lesson intends to inculcate to the participants the legal offensive against the threat to national security groups. Lesson Objective • Define the different terms on Legal Offensive . • Discuss the LOI PNP Office for legal offensive . • Discuss the LOI 55/19 (PNP Committee On Legal Action) . Lesson Objective • Discuss the concept of operation: “ Winning the fight against TNSGs through Legal Offensive”. • Discuss the concern offices/units the implementation of the Legal Offensive. Definition of Terms Legal Offensive • Case Build-Up Activities • Evidence Gathering • Prosecution of Cases in Trial Court, Court of Appeal, Supreme Court, and other appropriate tribunal Offense (Legal Dictionary) • A breach of law; a crime. • An offense may consist of a felony or a misdemeanor. • Indicates a violation of public rights as opposed to private ones Offense (Legal Dictionary) Are danger to the components of national security. May came from within or without the nation state. Offense (Legal Dictionary) Political, economic, military, psycho- social, techno-scientific or geo- ecological in nature. Purpose of LOI PNP Office for Legal Offensive Purpose of LOI PNP Office for Legal Offensive • Sets forth the organization and activation of the PNP Committee on Legal Action (COLA). Purpose of LOI PNP Office for Legal Offensive • To ensure the strengthening and effective orchestration of the legal action efforts. Purpose of LOI PNP Office for Legal Offensive • To enhance the coordination with the other government agencies specifically on cases involving leaders and other personalities involved in the threats to national security groups. The LOI 55/19 PNP Committee on Legal Action The impact of an effective and determine Legal Action effort to disrupt the activities of the various threat to national security groups (TNSG) is well understood and documented in the PNP collective experience. With the armed actions to contain the coercive force of these threat groups gaining traction on the ground, there is a need to fine-tune the PNP’s legal offensive actions in support of these successes. It is in this light that the PNP intends to vigorously advance its efforts to file cases against leaders and personalities involved in groups considered threats to national security. These efforts shall include case build-up, investigation, prosecution, filing of charges in court, and profiling, to ensure success in this part of the strategy to maintain peace and order, and to enforce the law. Concept of Operations “Winning The Fight Against TNSGS Through Legal Offensive” • The DCO shall chair and manage the PNP Committee on Legal Action (COLA). • The ODCO Senior Executive Assistant (ODCO-SEA) shall spearhead the coordination… (cont.) with other concerned government agencies to be assisted by the PPNPLS-legal Officer who shall act as the Head, Case Secretariat. • The DIDM shall be the Vice Chairman of the PNP Committee on Legal Action (COLA) • Other QUAD staff and their functional groups shall be the members of this PNP Committee on Legal Action. • The COLA shall be organized from the NHQ level to the PRO levels. • For cases filed at the Municipal Police levels, the supervision and control shall be within the ambit of the Regional Director of the PRO, without prejudice to the NHQ COLA taking cognizance of such cases as it deems proper. • The expected output and the benchmark of success of this office shall be gauged on the volume and strength of the cases filed against the threats to national security groups (TNSG). Concern Office/Units the Implementation of the Legal Offensive TDCO • Act as the chairman of the PNP Committee On Legal Action (COLA) and over-all supervisor of all COLA groups nationwide. TDCO • The Designate ODCO-SEA who shall be responsible for coordinating with the other concerned government agencies and PNP LS – Legal Officer who shall act as the head, Case Secretariat. TDCO • Provide guidance on case build-up, investigation and other activities performing to the successful filing of cases against such threat groups to national security. TDCO • Render periodic reports and case updates to the chief, PNP. • Perform other tasks as directed by Chief, PNP and higher authorities. TDIDM • Act as the Vice-chairman of the PNP Committee on Legal Action (COLA). • Designate the Chief, CMD to provide assistance in the monitoring of cases under investigation and presently filed in Court. TDIDM • Maintain the database of criminal cases and WOAs involving threat groups to national security. TDIDM • Supervise and monitor the investigation undertaken by CIDG and Crime Laboratory nationwide. TDIDM • Supervise the implementation on manhunt against those personalities with warrant of arrest (WOA). TDIDM • Coordinate and implement a training/orientation program with the AFP purpose on imparting basic skills to AFP personnel on crime scene preservation and first responder’s course training. TDIDM • Submit periodic reports to the COLA chairman. • Perform other task as directed. TDI • Supervise the intelligence network and gathering of information with evidentiary value regarding the modus operandi including the financial transaction and areas of operation of each and every armed and legal units/groups. TDI • Conduct documentary exploitation and personality profiling of the known leaders/members ad affiliates of the threat groups to national security. TDI • Supervise and monitor the intelligence operations undertaken by IG nationwide. • Maintain an updated national OB, wanted and reward list of the leaders/members of the different threat groups. TDI • Submit periodic reports to the COLA Chairman. • Perform other task as directed. TDO • Allocate funds for the establishing of PNP Committee On Legal Action (COLA). • Perform other task as directed. TDPCR • Supervise the information dissemination to the general public on the actual account of the atrocities committed by threat groups to national security. TDPCR • Coordinate with Tri media on the publication of information to expose the atrocities committed by the threat groups. TDPCR • Supervise and monitor the activities of the PROs in strengthening the Barangay networking for intelligence gathering manhunt operation and under LOI BAYANIHAN. TDPCR • Submit report to the COLA chairman. • Perform other task as directed. TDPRM • Issue appropriate order to NHQ personnel to be members of the COLA. TDPL
Issue appropriate orders activating the
Legal Action Management Unit (LAMU) under the office of the DCO with the following function: TDPL • To serve as the Secretariat of the PNP- COLA which shall handle the administrative and operational activities as well as the technical requirements of the committee. TDPL • To formulate plans and programs in furtherance of the mission and purpose of this LOI. • To supervise, direct, and monitor the implementation of approved policies, plans and programs. TDPL • To undertake the liaison work and coordinate of activities with appropriate government agencies and provide for forum of dialogue and deliberation of relevant issues ad concerns. TDPL • To perform other task as directed by TDCO/ COLA chairman. Regional Directors PROs • Designate the DRDO to be the Regional COLA who shall responsible for the organization and operation of the said committee. Regional Directors PROs • Supervise the filing of cases against leaders and other personalities of national security threat groups. • Maintain the date base of cases filed against such groups. Regional Directors PROs • Submit periodic reports to chairman, COLA regarding of activities and accomplishments with regards to this LOI. Regional Directors PROs • Strengthening the Barangay network for intelligence and manhunt operations. • Perform other task as directed. Director, CIDG • Designate personnel in-charge of investigation in accordance with the mandate of this LOI. • Provide technical support in forensic cybercrime analysis to resolve financial crime transactions and negotiations. Director, CIDG • File appropriate charges before courts of proper jurisdiction. • Assist the PROs or any of its subordinates units in the filing of cases against threat groups. Director, CIDG • Implement WOA against wanted members of groups considered as threats to nationals’ security. • Coordinate with prosecutors and courts when needed. Director, CIDG • Render periodic reports on the status of cases filed before the court. • Perform other tasks as directed. Director, IG • Conduct intelligence operation on the modus and area of interest of the various personalities and members of threat groups to national security. Director, IG • Secure witnesses and complainants. • Assist the CIDG and other investigation groups for the implementation of WOA. • Coordinate with other intelligence groups, as necessary. • Perform other tasks as directed. Director, CLG • Provide technical assistance in evidence preservation and examination. • Conduct SOCO when possible. • Perform other tasks as directed. Director, LS • Provide legal assistance in evidence evaluation and preparation of legal documents. • Designate a Legal officer who shall act as Head, Case Secretariat. • Perform other task as directed. Summary At the end of the lesson, the Trainees were able to: • Define the different terms on Legal Offensive . • Discuss the LOI PNP Office for legal offensive . • Discuss the LOI 55/19 (PNP Committee On Legal Action) . • Discuss the concept of operation: “ Winning the fight against TNSGs through Legal Offensive”. • Discuss the concern offices/units in the implementation of the Legal Offensive. End of Presentation
