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NAPOLCOM
HISTORY
In 1966, Congress enacted Republic Act 4864 otherwise known as the Police
Act of 1966 to provide the foundation for the much needed police reforms in
the country. It created the POLICE COMMISSION (Polcom) “to achieve and
attain a higher degree of efficiency in the organization, administration and
operation of local police agencies; and to place the local police service on a
professional level.”
The same executive order vested the National Police Commission with the
powers of administrative control and supervision over the INP. With the
passage of Republic Act No. 6975 on December 13, 1990, the Philippine
National Police (PNP) was established under a reorganized Department of
the Interior and Local Government (DILG). A new National Police
Commission was created within the DILG “ for the purpose of effectively
discharging the functions prescribe in the Constitution and provided in the
Act.”
On February 25, 1998, Congress passed into law Republic Act No. 8551
otherwise known as the "Philippine National Police Reform and
Reorganization Act of 1998“ thus, amending RA 6975. This Act
strengthened and expanded the Commission’s authority over the PNP to
include administration of police entrance examination, conduct of pre-charge
investigation against police anomalies and irregularities and summary
dismissal of erring police members.
Vision
Mission
"To exercise administrative control and operational supervision over the PNP,
with the end view of ensuring a highly capable, effective and credible police
service"
NAPOLCOM PLEDGE