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The following are the ranks of officials and officers of the Philippine National Police (PNP). These men and women report to the president of the Philippines as the commander-in-chief, through the secretary of the interior and local government, who is ex officio the chair of the National Police Commission, and the undersecretary for public safety under the Department of the Interior and Local ...
The Philippine National Police (PNP; Filipino: Pambansang Pulisya ng Pilipinas [4]) is the national police force of the Philippines. Its national headquarters is located at Camp Crame in Bagong Lipunan ng Crame , Quezon City .
On New Year's Day 1991, the INP was subsumed into the PC to form the Philippine National Police (PNP), which took responsibility for most former INP functions including the fire and penal services, The PNP assumed responsibility for the counterinsurgency effort from the Armed Forces of the Philippines in 1993. [12]
[10] [11] Usually, uniforms denote the bearer's rank by particular insignia affixed to the uniforms. [12] [5] Rank is not only used to designate leadership, but to establish pay-grade as well. [13] As rank increases, pay-grade follows, but so does the amount of responsibility. [14]
Philippine National Police insignia for Police Captain. In the Philippines, the rank of a police captain is equivalent to a senior inspector based on the original Philippine National Police rank under the Republic Act 6975. It has existed since 2019. It was higher than a police lieutenant, and lower than a police major.
In the Philippines, as of 8 February 2019, the rank of staff sergeant is currently being used by the Philippine National Police as they adopt a new ranking classification, eliminating confusion of old ranks. The rank stands above the Police Corporal and below the Police Master sergeant.
Agents are usually personnel from the Armed Forces of the Philippines, Philippine National Police and Philippine Coast Guard. However, there are a few civilian personnel acting as support units. Military and police personnel serving in the PSC retain the ranks and insignia of their parent service which are worn in almost all orders of dress.
Two Constables posing for a photo in the New York Tribune in 1905. Philippine Constabulary in 1910. The Philippine Constabulary (PC) was established on August 18, 1901, under the general supervision of the civil Governor-General of the Philippines, by the authority of Act. No. 175 of the Second Philippine Commission, to maintain peace, law, and order in the various provinces of the Philippine ...