AGENT RECRUITMENT HANDLING AND MANAGEMENT

The PNP intelligence community uses the generic term “agents”

NAPOLCOM uses the term “Police Undercover Operators or Operatives”

COVERAGE
I. INTRODUCTION
II. POLICIES
III. STEPS IN THE OPERATIONAL CYCLE (AGENT UTILIZATION)
 Agent utilization – a component of every intelligence action or operational cycle.
Two (2) Basic Elements of Operational Activity
 Mission or target
 Three (3) component parts

1. Target or Mission
2. Agents
3. Support facilities

POLICIES

NAPOLCOM Circular No. 94-023 - Prohibiting the use of criminal elements as police undercover operators

Rule 14 of the Handbook on PNP Operational Procedures - “Undercover operations shall support
investigative law enforcement action, counter-intelligence operations, and other management
usage”.

Directorate for Intelligence Directive on Intelligence Special Projects “Proper documentation of agents”

SIP- SPECIAL INTELLIGENCE PROJECT

COP- CASE OPERATION PLAN

Special Project Review Board (SPRB)

Chairman - Executive Officer
Asst Chairman - Chief, Intelligence Operations Division
Member - Chief, Intelligence Research Center
Member - Chief, Counterintelligence and Security Division
Member - Chief, Foreign Liaison Division
Secretary - Chief, Proj Mgmt and Special Studies Sec, Intelligence
Operations Division
SPRB- (Special Project Review Board)
POs- (Project Officers)
COs- (Case Officers)
A/As- (Action Agents)

Framework on Agent Utilization

Special Project Review Board

Special Intelligence Project 1 Special Intelligence Project 2

Case Operation Case Operation Case Operation

Plan 1 Plan 2 Plan 3

Steps in the Operational Cycle (Agent Utilization

Mission - Task to be accomplished

Planning - Determine means to achieve task
Spotting - Looking for prospective agent candidates
Investigating - Background investigation on agent candidates
Recruitment - Employment of agent candidate. Access is the key
OBJECTIVE OF RECRUITMENT
1. Qualified and motivated agents
2. Eliminate jeopardizing the mission in the recruitment process
STEPS IN RECRUITMENT
1. Assessment of agent
2. Planning the approach
3. Develop rapport
4. Exploitation of motives
5. Developing the right attitude
Training - Provide knowledge and skills
Briefing - Preparing the agent for a specific mission
Operational Testing - Application of acquired knowledge and skills
Dispatch and Reception - Procedures on passing and receiving information
Communication - Safekeeping of communication flow
Debriefing - Times for clarification and explanation
Payment - Paying the amount agreed upon
Disposition - Procedure of terminating the services of an agent
Reporting - Means of transmitting the main product of operation
Causes for terminating services of an agent
1. Accomplishment of the mission
2. Exhaustion of funds
3. Agent is compromised
4. Lack of access
5. Disloyalty of the agent

SILENCE - If you know the enemy and know yourself, you need not fear the result of a hundred battles. If
you know yourself but not the enemy, for every victory, you will suffer a defeat. If you know neither yourself
nor the enemy, you are a fool who will meet defeat in every battle”