Flowchart in Handling VAWC Cases

PB (or BK) receives

PB makes warrantless

arrest of perpetrator
info (orally or in
and confiscates
writing) from PB/ any concerned
weapons & shall refer
 concerned individual  individual goes to  Is
perpetrator cases to nearest PNP
the area & enters
around?
or neighbor
Yes station PB / PNP assist
the dwelling,
Is victim Victim
verifies incident
victim for medical

injured and or decides not to

START
 attention & refer  psychologically

 return  A

No victim to nearest
Yes Yes
B
available hospital disturbed? home?
Victim reports
• PB / PNP interviews

client & witness &

incident to PB/
 PNP station
 informs victim

of thier right
No

No

• PNP arrest perpetrator

B
B
Victim stays with
 relatives/friends
PB conducts


 

ex parte hearing PB Mother of

PB issues BPO *
• PB logs incident
BPO serve to

 on BPO  issues  child-victim

 within one (1)  respondent  C
• Victim concerned
BPO Yes agrees on Yes hour
A party/ties file/s


BPO
PB refers victim  application for BPO

PB / LSWO provides No


 No
 to DSWD /
counselling to victim/ 
LSWO

perpetrator ex parte

hearing on BPO E


PB files a case
Prosecutor files
BPO
PPO
C  violated?  for violation of  a
case for  Court issues TPO  Court hears case
 issued?  END
Yes BPO
violation of BPO & issues PPO
No Yes


No
E
 PB provides PB
monitors case for
sustained assis- 15 days
reports (w/in LSW / PNP Complainant /
 tance and refers  15
days) & refer case  monitors &  victim
files

Yes

 D
victim for other to
PNP/local social evaluates case complaint
with
support services worker
PNP

No


PNP refers complaint

Prosecutor files Concerned

to prosecutor Prosecutor
D  for preliminary 
files a case?
 a
case in court &  E agencies
provide
Yes
applies for TPO intervention
investigation

No

Victim appeals

case to DOJ

Punong Barangay (PB) Duties Functions

Barangay Kagawad(BK) LSW / PNP Functions

Department of the Interior and Local Government

Prosecutor / Court Functions
Victims Actions
NATIONAL BARANGAY OPERATIONS OFFICE
Flowchart on the Issuance and Enforcement
of Barangay Protection Order (BPO) (Per RA 9262)

PB interviews The
PB/Kagawad The PB issues
Victim Survivor
Victim; records; & conducts ex
BPO on the same The PB/kagawad
petitioner reports
BPO
START  Incident to the  advises her to file 
parteproceedings  day of  serves BPO to the  received
 A
Barangay an application for for the
issuance of appointment respondent Yes
BPO* BPO

No

C
Respondents
A 
receives BPO


PB
transmits copy PB / & LSWDO PB monitors
The PB (or of issued
BPO to provides respondent’s BPO
 Kagawad) records  PNP Women &
 counseling  compliance  violated  D
If respondent is all BPOs issued Children
assistance to to BPO Yes
not around, the Protection
victim
B  PB / Kagawad will
No


leave a copy of
 the BPO at
C

Victim / PB files
complaint for
D  BPO violation  END
with MTC / CTC /
MCTC

* If PB is not available, any available Brgy. Kagawad may admit the

victim / complaint

Department of the Interior and Local Government

NATIONAL BARANGAY OPERATIONS OFFICE