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It was formed on November 25, 1939, as the Quezon City Police Department. [2] It was merged with the CAMANAVA area and formed the Northern Police District (NPD). On November 6, 1990, the separation of Quezon City from NPD was implemented, leading to the creation of what was then the Central Police District.
It was named after the assassinated chief of Northern Police District (NPD) Brigadier General Tomas B. Karingal. It was formerly used by the NPD when the Quezon City police still merged within it. [3] In 2020, due to 14 COVID cases, the camp was under lockdown. [1] [4]
The main tenants of the DILG-NAPOLCOM Center as its name suggest is the Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) and the National Police Commission (NAPOLCOM). The DILG moved to the building in June 2013 while the NAPOLCOM transferred to the building from its previous office in Makati in May 2014. [2]
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. Currently, it has approximately 228,000 personnel to police a population in excess of 100 million. [5]
Tomas Boniceli Karingal (December 30, 1915 – 24 May 1984) was a Filipino soldier, war hero and police general who became one of the leading commanders of the Philippine Constabulary (PC) in Metro Manila and Chief of the Quezon City Police Department during the martial law regime of President Ferdinand Marcos.
The police departments of Caloocan, Malabon, Navotas, Valenzuela and Quezon City were merged to form the Northern Police District (NPD), by virtue of the creation of the Integrated National Police in 1975 by Presidential Decree No. 765 and having headquarters in Camp Karingal.
The Metropolitan Police Force was later established on March 21, 1974, through Presidential Decree No. 421 issued by then-President Ferdinand Marcos. The decree consolidates the police, jail, and fire departments in the Metropolitan Manila area and placed them under the Commanding General of the METROCOM which served as head of the unit. [1]
The agency was created on January 2, 1991, by virtue of Republic Act No. 6975, also known as the Department of the Interior and Local Government Act of 1990. [4] Prior to its creation, the Office of Jail Management and Penology of then Philippine Constabulary - Integrated National Police was the agency handling the local penology of the Philippines. [4]