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MODULE 1

POWER AND
FUNCTION OF PNP
POWERS AND FUNCTIONS OF THE
PNP
• Enforce all laws and ordinances relative to
the protection of lives and properties;

• Maintain peace and order and take all


necessary steps to ensure public safety;

• Investigate and prevent crimes, effect the


arrest of criminal offenders, bring offenders
to justice and assist in their prosecution;
• Exercise the general powers to make arrest,
search and seizure in accordance with the
Constitution and pertinent laws;

• Detain an arrested person for a period not beyond


what is prescribed by law, informing the person so
detained of all his rights under the Constitution;

• Issue licenses for the possession of firearms and


explosives in accordance with law
• Supervise and control the training and
operations of security agencies and issue
licenses to operate security agencies, and
to security guards and private detectives for
the practice of their professions; and

• Perform such other duties and exercise all


other functions as may be provided by law.
Regardless of the type of function to be
performed and/or police operations to
be conducted, all PNP personnel must
know by heart and shall comply with
and apply the following principles and
procedures
FUNCTIONS OF A POLICE OFFICER
• To Serve and Protect. The responsibility of
every police officer is to serve the public and
protect life and property. No police operation shall
be conducted in order to serve or protect the
illegal activity of a particular person, group or
criminal syndicate.

• To Observe Human Rights and Dignity of


Person. All PNP personnel shall respect the
human rights and dignity of the suspect/s during
police operations
POLICE UNIFORM, ATTIRE AND
ACCESSORIES
• Agency Prescribed Uniform. A police officer
shall always wear the agency prescribed uniform
which is appropriate for the kind of police
operation to be undertaken.

• Appearing Before the Public. When wearing


the police uniform, a police officer shall, at all
times, appear presentable, smart and well-
groomed. While on actual patrol duties, he shall
refrain from eating along the sidewalks, smoking
and reading newspapers.
• Carrying of Police Notebook, Pen and Miranda
Warning Card. Every police officer on patrol,
whether on board a vehicle or on foot patrol, must
always carry with him a police notebook, a pen and
the Miranda Warning Card. The notebook, which is
approximately pocket-sized, will be used to inscribe
important events that transpire during his tour of duty.

• Carrying of Non-Lethal Weapon in the Police Rig.


Every police officer shall carry in his prescribed rig a
non-lethal weapon (pepper spray, baton or stun gun),
which shall be primarily used in a non-armed
confrontation with an uncooperative and unruly
offender during the arrest.
POLICE
OPERATIONS/Categories
• Police operations comprise the mission critical
aspect of a police organization. It refers to the
activities conducted in the field by law
enforcement officers as they serve and protect.
This includes patrol, traffic, investigation and
general calls for service. Police operations have
changed for the past years from traditional
policing to community oriented policing system.
One of the principles that foreshowed community
policing; ―the police are the public and the public
are the police
• It has been said that patrol operations are
the backbone of a police department and
the most important component in any police
organization, not only because it is the
largest but because patrol is the in direct
contact with the public and presents the
omnipresence of the police in the
community

Police operations are categorized as follows:


Public Safety Operation
• includes Search, Rescue and
Retrieval Operations, Fire Drills,
Earthquake Drills and similar
operations that promote public safety.
Law Enforcement Operation
•– includes Service of Warrant of Arrest,
Implementation of Search Warrant, Enforcement
of Visitorial Powers of the Chief, Philippine
National Police and Unit Commanders, Anti-
Illegal Drugs Operation, Anti Illegal Gambling
Operations, Anti-Illegal Logging Operations, Anti-
Illegal Fishing Operations, Anti Carnapping
Operations, Anti-Kidnapping Operations, Anti-
Cyber Crime Operations and similar operations
that are conducted to enforce laws, statutes,
executive orders and ordinances.
Internal Security Operation
• includes Counter Insurgency
Operations, Counter Terrorist
Operations and similar operations that
are conducted to ensure internal
security.
Special Police Operation
•– includes Checkpoint Operation, Roadblock
Operation, Civil Disturbance Management
Operation, Police Assistance in the Enforcement
of Demolition Eviction Injunction and Similar
Orders, Police Assistance in the Implementation
of Final Court Order and Order from Quasi-
Judicial Bodies, Hostage Situation, Visit Board
Search and Seizure Onboard Marine Vessels and
similar police operations that are conducted by
police units with specialized training on the
peculiarity of the mission or purpose.
Intelligence Operation
• includes Surveillance Operation, Counter
Intelligence, Intelligence Research,
Intelligence Assessment and similar police
intelligence operation conducted to gather
information related to security, public safety
and order
Investigation Operation
• – includes Investigation of Crime or
Incident, Administrative Investigation
and similar investigative work
necessary to determine facts and
circumstances for filing cases
criminally or administratively
Scene of the Crime Operation
(SOCO)
• includes the processing of crime
scene, technical and forensic
examination of evidences and similar
scientific investigative assistance
END OF DISCUSSION!
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