Republic Ghthe Philippines Department of the Interior and ti National Police Comm VAGONAL HEADQUARTERS, PHILIPPINE NATIONAL POLIC a DIRECTORATE FOR INVESTIGATION AND DELLCTIVE MANAGEM Camp Crame, Quezon City RAD p>——————MaLe MEMORANDUM j et | oe | FOR o) PAP | APPROVED HisappRoveo| THRU TOCA | j rr = — — be | Toc! LSPs aon —_ ES U TACDS _ FROM TDI /t HAN ahi nersese SUBJECT : Facial Composite DATE siya pertains to the ongoing efforts of this Directorate to standara cermin eNe Procedures and processes This includes the need to standardize the peo cay used by the PNP to refer to the facut image of a suspect or any other the veut fVCuld be generated from a descriptor Provided by a witness especialy in ‘ne investigation of sensational or major cases 2. The unofficial term currently and Eeiamonly being used by our field offices to refer to the image is “CARTOGRAPHIC SKETCH" However. based on extensne consnttalion, this term is not appropriate for what it intends to portray because cartography as defined in Wikipedia means the Study and practice of making maps 4 Research efforts found “FACIAL COMPOSITE” as the more suitable term for the mage drawn to portray the face of a persan because of the following reasons food a term “FACIAL COMPOSITE (FC): ig industry gereric, easily recalled and understood; andPon SR CIAL COMPOSITE™ as found in Wikipedia means a graphical ‘epresentation of an eyewitness memory of face, as recorded by a composite artist & {fer consultation and coordination made by DIOM with the Crime oaboratory. it was agreed that “FACIAL COMPOSITE” is the more appropriate tee Because OF its generic nature as it could apply not only to criminals but to other subsecte as well 7. Ip viow of the foregoing, recommend that the term “FACIAL COMPOSITE (FC) be adopted PNP-wide to refer to the hand drawing in lieu of CARTOGRAPHIC SKETCH’ and “COMPUTERIZED FACIAL. COMPOSITE (CFC) be used when the Image is produced by a computer in lieu of CCCI 8. Request approval prior to dissemination, ARTURO G CACDAC JR, CEO VI Police Director May 19 2041 CU aaa