B.

QUALIFICATIONS UPGRADING

Section 14. Section 30 of Republic Act No. 6975 is hereby amended to read as follows:

"SEC. 30. General Qualifications for Appointment. – No person shall be appointed as officer or member of
the PNP unless he or she possesses the following minimum qualifications:

"a) A citizen of the Philippines;

"b) A person of good moral conduct;

"c) Must have passed the psychiatric/psychological, drug and physical tests to be administered by
the PNP or by any NAPOLCOM accredited government hospital for the purpose of determining
physical and mental health;

"d) Must possess a formal baccalaureate degree from a recognized institution of learning;

"e) Must be eligible in accordance with the standards set by the Commission;

"f) Must not have been dishonorably discharged from military employment or dismissed for cause
from any civilian position in the Government;

"g) Must not have been convicted by final judgment of an offense or crime involving moral
turpitude;

"h) Must be at least one meter and sixty-two centimeters (1.62 m.) in height for male and one
meter and fifty-seven centimeters (1.57 m.) for female;

"i) Must weigh not more or less than five kilograms (5 kgs.) from the standard weight
corresponding to his or her height, age, and sex; and

"j) For a new applicant, must not be less than twenty-one (21) nor more than thirty (30) years of
age: except for the last qualification, the above-enumerated qualifications shall be continuing in
character and an absence of any one of them at any given time shall be a ground for separation or
retirement from the service: Provided, That PNP members who are already in the service upon the
effectivity of this Act shall be given at least two (2) more years to obtain the minimum educational
qualification and one (1) year to satisfy the weight requirement.

"For the purpose of determining compliance with the requirements on physical and mental health, as well
as the non-use of prohibited drugs, the PNP by itself or through a NAPOLCOM accredited government
hospital shall conduct regular psychiatric, psychological drug and physical tests randomly and without
notice.

"After the lapse of the time period for the satisfaction of a specific requirement, current members of the
PNP who will fail to satisfy any of the requirements enumerated under this Section shall be separated from
the service if they are below fifty (50) years of age and have served in Government for less than twenty
(20) years or retired if they are from the age of fifty (50) and above and have served the Government for at
least twenty (20) years without prejudice in either case to the payment of benefits they may be entitled to
under existing laws."
The following ranks are observed in the PNP as of 2009 with the following: [9]

Commissioned officers

1. Inspector (P Insp.) - Lieutenant

2. Senior Inspector (P S/Insp.) - Captain
3. Chief Inspector (P C/Insp.) - Major
4. Superintendent (P Supt.) - Lieutenant Colonel
5. Senior Superintendent (P S/Supt.) - Colonel
6. Chief Superintendent (P C/Supt.) - Brigadier General
7. Director (P Dir.) - Major General
8. Deputy Director General (P D/DGen.) - Lieutenant General
9. Director General (P D/Gen.) - General

Note: Rank in Italics is the Army equivalent. There is no Second Lieutenant rank-equivalent in
the PNP.

Non-commissioned officers

1. Police Officer I (PO1) - Private First Class

2. Police Officer II (PO2) - Corporal
3. Police Officer III (PO3) - Sergeant
4. Senior Police Officer I (SPO1) - Staff Sergeant
5. Senior Police Officer II (SPO2) - Technical Sergeant
6. Senior Police Officer III (SPO3) - Master Sergeant
7. Senior Police Officer IV (SPO4) - Senior Master Sergeant / Chief Master Sergeant

Note: Rank in Italics is the Army equivalent. There is no Private rank-equivalent in the PNP.
"One of the problems encountered in the last regular promotion particularly in the PNCO ranks, is the lack of the mandatory training
requirement such as the Junior Leadership Course (JLC) for applicant for promotion to the ranks of SPO2 and SPO3 and Senior
Leadership Course (SLC) for applicants for promotion to the rank of SPO4. This has resulted to the inability of our personnel to
qualify for promotion, leaving a considerable number of vacancies in the aforecited PNCO ranks.

            "In this regard and in order to remedy this problem, may we request for clearance and/or approval from your agency to
promote our applicants who have not satisfied yet the JLC or SLC training requirement to the said positions in a temporary capacity,
on condition that such training requirement will be satisfied within two (2) years after the effectivity of the promotion. This request is
similar to our earlier request concerning the promotion of our BJMP and BFP non-commissioned officers, which you favorably acted
upon.

            "It is our hope that, once again, this request will merit your favorable consideration. This promotion will not only fill-up the
vacancies in the different PNP ranks but would definitely uplift the morale and welfare of our policemen."

            In another related letter-request, Secretary Barbers expounds on these training constraints:

            "Additionally, there have been some promotional constraints too, one is the lack of the mandatory training the personnel
have to undergo like, the Officer Candidate Course, to qualify for promotion to Police Inspector and the Junior and Senior
Leadership Course for top Non-Officer ranks. Only few classes of these courses have been conducted/offered as of this time due to
lack of training facilities. Moreover, coordination is being made with PPSC for the programming of these courses to have
prospective promotees satisfy the said requirements."

            On the other hand, Director Edgar Galvante, PNP Directorate for Personnel and Records Management, in separate
dialogues sought with Assistant Commissioner Adelina Sarmiento and Assistant Commissioner Erlinda Rosas, this Commission, on
November 19, 1997 and January 14, 1998, respectively, explained that the training courses for PNP personnel are conducted by the
Philippine Public Safety College (PTSC). The PPSC is the premiere educational institution of the DILG tasked with the training,
human resource development and continuing education of all personnel of the PNP and the Fire and Jail Bureaus. Director Galvante
added that because of budgetary and facilities constraints, the conducts of these PNP training courses are yet centralized and
limited in frequency. However, the PNP is presently negotiating with the PPSC on the programming of the training courses as to
accelerate the completion thereof by subject personnel.

            The Commission takes this instant request of Secretary Barbers within the framework of (CSC) Resolution No. 98-0010
approving the revision of qualification standards for PNP ranks. The approval of such revision is justified thus:

            "The Commission finds merit in the foregoing representation of Secretary and Napolcom Chairman Robert Z. Barbers in
the context of generally balancing rank qualification standards with personal qualifications of existing PNP personnel majority of
whom were absorbed from the defunct Philippine Constabulary -–Integrated National Police. Moreover absorbed into the PNP were
personnel of other government entities like the Armed Forces of the Philippines and the NAPOLCOM who were then performing
police functions. Revising the present qualification standards would open up more opportunities for individual career advancement
of these PNP personnel long stalled by the organizational difficulties encountered by the PNP since its establishment on January 2,
1991 because of its former military orientation and diverse component units. Such movements would boost the morale of the PNP
personnel and shape up the still irregular structure of the PNP.

            "The revision will rationalize the promotion process and professionalization of the Philippine National Police as an agency
already within the ambit of the civil service."

            The Commission inclines forward the immediate and pragmatic implementation of the revised PNP qualification standards,
particularly as these are mechanisms in the professionalization and shaping up of the organization structure of the agency. These
would moreover give added meaning to the thrust on humanizing the bureaucracy, particularly the PNP, as the qualification
standards would facilitate long deserved upward personnel movements.

            Allowing promotion on temporary status for lack of certain qualification standards other than eligibility has been previously
granted by the Commission. In the case of the Bureau of Jail Management and Penology (BJMP), the Commission ruled under CSC
Resolution No. 97-4130 (Fevidal, Enrico, et al., Appointment; Qualification Standards; Appeal), the following:

            "WHEREFORE, the instant appeal of then DILG Undersecretary Alexander P. Aguirre is hereby dismissed for lack of
merit. Accordingly, the action of the CSC-NCR in disapproving the appointments of Enrico L. Fevidal, Norberto S. Abuda, Ma. Paz
C. Achapero, Joseph Y. Nunez and Alfredo Macabudbud is affirmed. However, in the exigency of service, they may be issued
temporary appointments for a period of one year within which they are expected to acquire the required training, experience and
eligibilities. (Underscoring supplied).

            Considering prevailing circumstances in the PNP and drawing appreciation from the foregoing decision on the BJMP, the
Commission finds meritorious the instant request of Secretary Robert Z. Barbers.