LAW ENFORCMENT

AGENCIES IN THE
PHILLIPPINES

LEAD 311
PREPARED BY: ZACAT, AL C.
PROF. MS. DAVID
Mandates:
The mandate of the DOJ is to uphold
the rule of law. Its mission is to
establish and maintain a just and
orderly society through an effective,
speedy and compassionate
administration of justice.
MISSION AND VISION

Vision
A just and peaceful society anchored on the
principles of transparency, accountability, fairness
and truth.
Mission
Effective, efficient and equitable administration of
justice.
FUNCTIONS OF DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

Administration of the Criminal Justice System

 The DOJ investigates the commission of crimes and prosecutes offenders through
the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) and the National Prosecution Service
(NPS), respectively. Likewise, the DOJ administers the probation and correction system
of the country through the Bureau of Corrections (BuCor), the Board of Pardons and
Parole (BPP)and the Parole and Probation Administration (PPA).
Legal Counsel of Government
 The DOJ, through the Office of the Solicitor General (OSG) and the Office of the
Government Corporate Counsel (OGCC), acts as the legal representative of the
Government of the Philippines, its agencies and instrumentalities including government
owned and controlled corporations and their subsidiaries, officials and agents in any
proceeding, investigation or matter requiring the services of a lawyer.
FUNCTIONS OF DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

Regulation of Immigration
 The DOJ provides immigration and naturalization regulatory services and implements the
laws governing citizenship and the admission and stay of aliens through the Bureau of
Immigration (BI). Also, under Administrative Order No. 142 dated August 23, 1994, the
Secretary or his duly-authorized representative is authorized to act on immigration matters,
including waiver of visas and admission of aliens, except deportation matters.
International Cooperation
 The DOJ is the central authority of the Republic of the Philippines relative to extradition
and mutual legal assistance treaties (MLAT) on criminal matters and is involved in several
aspects of international cooperation such as the drafting and implementation of legislation
and agreements as well as the negotiation of extradition and MLAT.
FUNCTIONS OF DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

 Provision of Free Legal Assistance

The DOJ provides free legal assistance/representation to indigents and poor litigants as
well as other qualified persons in criminal, civil, and labor cases, administrative and other
quasi-judicial proceedings and non-commercial disputes through the Public Attorney's
Office (PAO)pursuant to RA No. 9406.
Alternative Dispute Resolution
 With regard to conciliation and mediation, the Alternative Dispute Resolution Act of
2004 (RA 9285) created the Office for Alternative Dispute Resolution (OADR), which
is an agency attached to the DOJ and which is tasked to promote, develop and expand
the use of alternative dispute resolution in civil and commercial disputes.
ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURE
Mandates
BJMP is mandated to direct, supervise and control
the administration and operation of all district,
city and municipal jails nationwide with pronged
tasks of safekeeping and development of PDL.
BJMP
MISSION AND VISION
Mission
 To provide humane safekeeping and developmental opportunities
for Persons Deprived of Liberty (PDL) in the promotion of public
safety.

Vision
 By 2040, a world-class agency highly capable of providing
humane safekeeping and developmental opportunities for Persons
Deprived of Liberty (PDL).
FUNCTIONS OF THE BJMP

 In line with it's mission, the Jail Bureau endeavors to perform the following functions:
 Formulate policies and guidelines in the administration of all district, city, and
municipal jails nationwide;
 Implement strong security measures for the control of PDL;
 Provide for the basic needs of PDL;
 Conduct activities for the development of PDL;
 Improve jail facilities; and,
 Promote the general welfare and development of personnel.
ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURE
MANDATE
To promote peace and order, ensure
public safety and further strengthen
local government capability aimed
towards the effective delivery of basic
services to the citizenry.
MISSION AND VISION

VISION
 A strongly determined and highly trusted Department committed to
capacitate and nurture local government units, public order and
safety institutions to sustain peaceful, progressive, and resilient
communities where people live happily.

MISSION
 The Department shall promote peace and order, ensure public safety,
strengthen capability of local government units through active people
participation and a professionalized corps of civil servants
POWERS AND FUCNTIONS

 Assist the President in the exercise of general supervision over

local governments;
 Advise the President in the promulgation of policies, rules,
regulations and other issuances on the general supervision
over local governments and on public order and safety;
 Establish and prescribe rules, regulations and other issuances
implementing laws on public order and safety, the general
supervision over local governments and the promotion of local
autonomy and community empowerment and monitor
compliance thereof;
POWERS AND FUNCTIONS

 Provide assistance towards legislation regarding local governments, law

enforcement and public safety; 
Establish and prescribe plans, policies, programs and projects to promote
peace and order, ensure public safety and further strengthen the
administrative, technical and fiscal capabilities of local government offices
and personnel;
 Formulate plans, policies and programs which will meet local emergencies
arising from natural and man-made disasters; 
Establish a system of coordination and cooperation among the citizenry,
local executives and the Department, to ensure effective and efficient
delivery of basic services to the public;
 Organize, train and equip primarily for the performance of police
functions, a police force that is national in scope and civilian in character.
ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURE
 MANILA POLICE DISTRICT
(MANILA’S FINEST

In 1990, the Interior and Local

Government Act 1990. was
promulgated, that created the
Philippine National Police, absorbing
the Philippine Constabulary.
MISSION VISION

VISION
 The National Capital Region Police envisions itself by 2030, As an eminently
dependable, efficient, responsible, and highly respected police force, attaining an
interactive community, safe from crimes and disorder, so that the families, citizens, and
visitors are living, working, and doing business in a secured Metropolitan environment

MISSION
 The NCRPO, in its assigned jurisdiction (Metro Manila), shall enforce the law, prevent
and control crimes, maintain peace and order, and ensure public safety and internal
security with the active support of the community.
FUNCTIONS

 Maintains peace and order and take all necessary step to ensure public safety.
 Promote a more pro-active community in crime prevention and cooperation with the media for
factual accounts of crime incidents and perceptions of the police.
 Maximize prevention of crimes through continuing police visibility, investigate crime and effect
the arrest of criminal offenders and assist in their prosecution.
 Neutralize of organized crime groups, especially kidnappers, terrorist, bank robbers and
carnappers.
 Neutralize of organized crime groups, especially kidnappers, terrorist, bank robbers and
carnappers.
 Sustain campaign against dangerous drugs.
 Expedite the processing of personnel transactions in favor of deserving personnel.
 Perform such other duties and exercise all other functions as maybe provided by law
Republic Act No. 9165 or the
Comprehensive Dan gerous Drugs Act of
2002 mandates the DDB to be the policy-
making and strategy-formulating body on
drug prevention and control.
It shall develop and adopt a comprehensive,
integrated, unified and balanced national
drug abuse prevention and control strategy.
MISSION AND VISION

VISION
 The DDB envisions, "Drug-Free Communities by 2022“

MISSION
 The Dangerous Drugs Board is committed to stamping out
the illicit supply of and demand for dangerous drugs and
precursor chemicals, and to promote regional and
international cooperation in drug abuse prevention and
control.
FUNCTIONS

 Formulate, develop and establish a comprehensive, integrated, unified and balanced

national drug use prevention and control strategy;

 Promulgate such rules and regulations as may be necessary to carry out the purposes of
this Act, including the manner of safekeeping, disposition, burning or condemnation of
any dangerous drug and/or controlled precursor and essential chemical under its charge
and custody, and prescribe administrative remedies or sanctions for the violations of such
rules and regulations;

 Conduct policy studies, program monitoring and evaluations and other researches on
drug prevention, control and enforcement;
FUNCTIONS

 Initiate, conduct and support scientific, clinical, social, psychological, physical and
biological researches on dangerous drugs and dangerous drugs prevention and control
measures;

 Develop an educational program and information drive on the hazards and prevention of
illegal use of any dangerous drug and/or controlled precursor and essential chemical based
on factual data, and disseminate the same to the general public, for which purpose the Board
shall endeavor to make the general public aware of the hazards of any dangerous drug and/or
controlled precursor and essential chemical by providing among others, literature, films,
displays or advertisements and by coordinating with all institutions of learning as well as
with all national and local enforcement agencies in planning and conducting its educational
campaign programs to be implemented by the appropriate government agencies;
FUNCTIONS

 Aonduct continuing seminars for, and consultations with, and provide information materials to
judges and prosecutors in coordination with the Office of the Court Administrator, in the case of
judges, and the Department of Justice, in the case of prosecutors, which aim to provide them
with the current developments and programs of the Board pertinent to its campaign against
dangerous drugs and its scientific researches on dangerous drugs, its prevention and control
measures;

 Design special trainings in order to provide law enforcement officers, members of the judiciary,
and prosecutors, school authorities and personnel of centers with knowledge and know-how in
dangerous drugs and/or controlled precursors and essential chemicals control in coordination
with the Supreme Court to meet the objectives of the national drug control programs;
 And more @ https://www.ddb.gov.ph/about-ddb/functions