WHEREAS,
pursuant to Section 12, Article XV of the Constitution of the
Philippines, a proposed Presidential Decree for the establishment of
Integrated National Police Force, with the Philippine Constabulary as
the nucleus, is under consideration;chanroblesvirtualawlibrary
WHEREAS, in view of the over-all importance of the establishment of
such Integrated National Police Force upon the peace and order
condition of the nation, there is need to test its viability and
efficacy to attain its goal of having an efficient, responsive police
service by eliminating the causes of irritants and jealousies among
independent police and other law-enforcement agencies, such as
conflicts in political/jurisdictional boundaries lack of coordination
and duplication of functions; chanroblesvirtualawlibrary
WHEREAS, the constitution of the city/municipality police and fire
departments and jails in the Greater Manila Area into the Metropolitan
Police Force pursuant to Presidential Decree No. 421, dated March 21,
1974 is a step toward the establishment of such Integrated National
Police Force;chanroblesvirtualawlibrary
WHEREAS, in order to have a country-wide yardstick for assessing the
benefits that can be generated by an Integrated National Police Force
and for determining possible defects of such system and eliminating the
same, it is necessary that pilot projects similar to the Metropolitan
Police Force in the Greater Manila Area be established in urban
areas/centers of population within each Philippine Constabulary Zone;chanroblesvirtualawlibrary
NOW, THEREFORE, I, FERDINAND E. MARCOS, President of the Republic of
the Philippines, by virtue of the powers vested in me by the
Constitution, and pursuant to the Proclamation No. 1081, dated
September 21, 1972 and No. 1104, dated January 17, 1973 and General
Order No. 1, dated September 22, 1972, do hereby order and decree to be
part of the law of the land, the following: chanroblesvirtualawlibrary
Section 1. Integration of city/municipal police and
fire departments and jails in certain provinces. — All laws to the
contrary notwithstanding, the city/municipal police and fire
departments and jails in the following provinces, as they are presently
constituted and organized, are hereby integrated into the law
enforcement units to be known as indicated:cralaw:red
a. All municipalities of the Province of Bulacan,
except the Municipality of Valenzuela, to be known as the Bulacan
Integrated Police Force;chanroblesvirtualawlibrary
b. All municipalities of the Province of Pampanga,
including the City of Angeles, to be known as the Pampanga Integrated
Police Force;chanroblesvirtualawlibrary
c. All municipalities of the Province of Nueva Ecija,
including the Cities of Cabanatuan, Palayan and San Jose, to be known
as the Nueva Ecija Integrated Police Force;chanroblesvirtualawlibrary
d. All municipalities of the Province of Laguna,
including the City of San Pablo, to be known as the Laguna Integrated
Police Force;chanroblesvirtualawlibrary
e. All municipalities of the Province of the Province
of Cebu, including the Cities of Cebu, Danao, Lapu-lapu, Mandaue and
Toledo, to be known as the Cebu Integrated Police Force; and
f. All municipalities of the Province of Misamis
Oriental, including the Cities of Cagayan de Oro and Gingoog, to be
known as the Misamis Oriental Integrated Police Force.
Section 2. Head of the Integrated Police Forces. —
The heads of the Bulacan Integrated Police Force, the Pampanga
Integrated Police Force, the Nueva Ecija Integrated Police Force, the
Laguna Integrated Police Force, the Cebu Integrated Police Force and
the Misamis Oriental Integrated Police Force, the Cebu Integrated
Police Force and Misamis Oriental Integrated Police Force shall be
designated by the Chief of Constabulary from among the officers of the
Philippine Constabulary. chanroblesvirtualawlibrary
Section 3. Jurisdiction of the Integrated Police
Forces. — The Integrated Police Forces constituted pursuant to Section
1 hereof shall be responsible for the public safety and discharge the
functions of enforcement of the laws and maintenance of peace and order
within the territorial limits of each of the above-mentioned provinces
and the cities therein. These Integrated Police Forces shall have the
power to prevent crimes, take necessary measures for public safety,
effect arrest of criminal offenders, investigate the commission of all
crimes and offenses in their respective jurisdictions and bring the
offenders to justice.
Section 4. Operational control and direction over the
Integrated Police Forces. — The Philippine Constabulary shall exercise
operational control, direction and supervision over the Integrated
Police Forces herein constituted. For this purpose, the Chief of
Constabulary shall integrate the above-mentioned Integrated Police
Forces into the organizational and operational set-up of the Philippine
Constabulary and exercise control, direction and supervision through
the Head of each of the said Integrated Police Forces: Provided, That
such Integrated Police Forces shall not form part of the Philippine
Constabulary as a military organization and a Major Service of the
Armed Forces of the Philippines but as civilian components thereof,
except as may be directed by the President in time of emergency.
Section 5. Extent of control and direction. — The
power of control and direction over each of the Integrated Police
Forces shall include the power to control and direct the tactical,
strategical movements, deployments, placements and/or utilization of
the Integrated Police Forces concerned, or any of its components,
elements, equipment, facilities, and all other resources, within its
territorial jurisdiction; the training of the members thereof; and such
other powers that may be necessary to make such control and direction
real and effective.
Section 6. Power of administrative control and
supervision. — Administrative control and supervision over the several
police and fire departments and jails composing each of the Integrated
Police Forces herein constituted shall, prior to the transfer provided
for in Section 7 hereof, remain with the offices, agencies and
officials in which said power is vested in accordance with existing
laws: Provided, That such power shall not be exercised in a manner that
will adversely affect the integrity, capability and operational
efficiency of said Integrated Police Forces or any of their
components/elements. Accordingly, administrative matters, such as
appointment, promotion, suspension, separation and other administrative
disciplinary action; grant/payment of salary and/or allowances,
compensation, leave, and other benefits, logistical support, and such
other matters pertaining to personnel administration, which are
currently vested in and exercised by other officials pursuant to
existing laws, rules and regulations shall remain with said officials:
Provided, further, that the appointment, promotion, suspension and
separation of, and other disciplinary action upon any member of the
Integrated Police Forces herein constituted shall be effected only upon
recommendation of the Head thereof: Provided, finally, That in case of
conflict between the exercise of administrative control, and
supervision, on the one hand, and operational control, direction and
supervision, on the other hand, the latter shall prevail.
Section 7. Administration control and supervision to
be transferred to the Philippine Constabulary. — After one year, but
not later than two years, from the effectivity of this Decree, the
power of administrative control and supervision provided for in Section
6 hereof shall be taken over and exercised by the Philippine
Constabulary. For this purpose, the personnel, records, funds,
property, equipment, facilities, and other resources belonging to,
being used by or intended for the several police and fire departments
and jails composing such Integrated Police Forces, including firearms,
motor vehicles, communications and criminal laboratory facilities, if
any, shall be transferred to the administration and custody of the
Philippine Constabulary: Provided, That upon the effectivity of this
Decree but before such transfer, no such personnel, records, funds,
property, equipment, facilities and other resources shall be
transferred out of, or removed or diverted from said police and fire
departments and jails.
Section 8. Funding of the Integrated Police Forces. —
Effective upon the transfer of the power of administrative control and
supervision over the several police and fire departments and jails to
the Philippine Constabulary as herein provided, each of the cities and
municipalities referred to in Section 1 of this Decree shall allocate
at least eighteen (18%) per centum of its annual gross income as its
contribution for the maintenance of the Integrated Police Force to
which its police and fire departments and jail are integrated. The
National Government shall provide subsidies and other types of fund
support to insure a minimum standard salary for the members thereof and
provide for the modernization of their public safety
equipment/installations in accordance with existing laws and policies
or as may hereafter be provided.
Section 9. Funding for integration activities. — Upon
the promulgation of this Decree but prior to the allocation of the
eighteen (18%) per centum of the annual gross income of the cities and
municipalities referred to in the preceding Section 8 for the support
of the Integrated Police Force into which their respective police and
fire departments and jails have been integrated, the sum of eleven
million pesos is hereby authorized to drawn from the unreleased
appropriation of any government agency for fiscal year 1974 to be used
solely by the Philippine Constabulary to support the police integration
activities called for in this Decree: Provided, That the unexpended
balance of this fund at the end of the fiscal year shall be available
and is hereby authorized for expenditure in the succeeding years.
Section 10. No reduction in salary. — This Decree
shall be implemented in such manner that will not result, except for
cause provided by law, in the reduction of salary among the personnel
of the Integrated Police Forces.
Section 11. Chief of Constabulary to promulgate rules
and regulations. — The Chief of Constabulary shall, with the approval
of the Secretary of National Defense, promulgate the necessary rules
and regulations for the effective implementation of this Decree.
Section 12. Penal provision. — Any person who
directly or indirectly obstructs or interferes with the implementation
of this Decree of the rules and regulations promulgated by the Chief of
Constabulary in accordance herewith shall, upon conviction, suffer
imprisonment of not less than three (3) years nor more than six (6)
years and/or a fine of not less than 5,000 pesos nor more than 10,000
pesos, at the discretion of the court.
When the offender is a public officer or employee, he shall, in
addition to the foregoing penalty, suffer disqualification from
addition to the foregoing penalty, suffer disqualification from holding
any public office or employment for life.
Section 13. Repealing clause. — The provisions of
Republic Act No. 4864, otherwise known as the "Police Act of 1966", as
amended by President Decrees No. 1, dated September 22, 1972; No. 12,
dated September 24, 1972; No. 12-A dated October 4, 1972; No. 12-B,
dated October 28, 1972; No. 170, dated April 4, 1973 and No. 448, dated
May 9, 1974; the provisions of the City Charters of the Cities of
Angeles, Cabanatuan, Palayan, San Jose, San Pablo, Cebu, Danao,
Lapu-lapu, Mandaue, Toledo, Cagayan de Oro and Gingoog, all as amended,
all laws, decrees, orders, instructions, rules and regulations which
are inconsistent with this Decree are hereby repealed or modified
accordingly.
Section 14. Effectivity. — This Decree shall take
effect upon approval.
Done in the City of Manila,
this 13th day of June, in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and
seventy-four.
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