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The National Police Commission (NAPOLCOM; Filipino: Pambansang Komisyon ng Pulisya [3]) is an agency attached to the Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) responsible for the administration and control of the Philippine National Police (PNP). It has the authority to administer police entrance examination, to investigate police ...
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]
Until January 1991, the Philippines did not have a civilian national police force, and instead had the Philippine Constabulary under the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) and city and municipal police organized under the Integrated National Police, [1] which was likewise nationalized and integrated under the command of the military under martial law in 1975.
The DILG-Napolcom Center (right) beside the yet to be completed The Skysuites Tower (left), Quezon Avenue, EDSA The department is currently led by the secretary of the interior and local government , nominated by the president of the Philippines and confirmed by the Commission on Appointments .
The Department of the Interior and Local Government Act of 1990 (Republic Act No. 6975), the law establishing the Philippine National Police, states that the President shall appoint the Philippine National Police Chief from among a list prepared by the National Police Commission (NAPOLCOM) of "the most senior and qualified officers in the service" given that the prospect appointee has not yet ...
The National Police Commission approved the reorganization of the police department into the Philippine Regional Office Bangsamoro Autonomous Region (PRO BAR) in September 2019 which also placed the Cotabato City police under the department's jurisdiction. The municipal police over the 63 Bangsamoro barangays in Bangsamoro remains outside the ...
In 1994, the PNP CAPCOM was renamed as the National Capital Region Command (PNP NCRC) and was renamed again in June 1996 to its current name, the PNP National Capital Region Police Office (PNP NCRPO) through NAPOLCOM Resolution No. 96-058. [1] In early 1999, the PNP NCRPO launched its first website ("metromanilapolice.info.com.ph"). [2]
Until the mid-1970s, the independent city and municipal police forces took charge of maintaining peace and order on a local level, and when necessary was reinforced by the Philippine Constabulary, the national gendarmerie that was a major branch of the Armed Forces of the Philippines. The National Police Commission was established in 1966 to ...