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Duterte signs law modifying PNP ranks

Published Feb 21, 2019 05:17 pm
By Argyll Cyrus Geducos President Duterte has signed into law the bill which modifies the rank classification in the Philippine National Police (PNP), standardizing how law enforcers are addressed, Executive Secretary Salvador Medialdea confirmed. President Rodrigo Roa Duterte delivers his speech during the Tricycle Operators and Drivers’ Association (TODA) Summit at the Cuneta Astrodome in Pasay City on January 23, 2019. (REY BANIQUET/PRESIDENTIAL PHOTO / MANILA BULLETIN) President Rodrigo Roa Duterte (REY BANIQUET/PRESIDENTIAL PHOTO / MANILA BULLETIN) Based on a copy provided by Malacañang, the law was signed by the President on February 9. It will take effect 15 days after its publication in the Official Gazette or any newspaper of general circulation. The consolidated version of Senate Bill 2031 and House Bill 5236 was transmitted to Malacañang for the President’s signature on January 10. It amended Section 28 of Republic Act 6975 or the Department of the Interior and Local Government Act of 1990. Under the new law, the PNP rank classification will be as follows:
  • Director-General to Police General
  • Deputy Director-General to Police Lieutenant General
  • Director to Police Major General
  • Chief Superintendent to Police Brigadier General
  • Senior Superintendent to Police Colonel
  • Superintendent to Police Lieutenant Colonel
  • Chief Inspector to Police Major
  • Senior Inspector to Police Captain
  • Inspector to Police Lieutenant
  • SPO4 to Police Executive Master Sergeant
  • SPO3 to Police Chief Master Sergeant
  • SPO2 to Police Senior Master Sergeant
  • SPO1 to Police Master Sergeant
  • PO3 to Police Staff Sergeant
  • PO2 to Police Corporal
  • PO1 to Patrolman/Patrolwoman
Thirty days after the law takes effect, the chief of the PNP is set to issue the necessary rules and regulations for its effective implementation. Senator Ping Lacson, author of Senate Bill 2031, earlier said that the measure seeks a more common rank nomenclature to standardize how law enforcers are called. "This measure is geared toward our collective pursuit of eliminating confusion on how our law enforcers must be addressed and, ultimately bringing our policemen closer to the populace," Lacson said. "In order to maintain its clear distinction from the members of the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP), the ranks to be used in addressing the PNP personnel shall be preceded by the word 'Police,'" he added. Earlier, President Duterte expressed confusion about the current ranking classifications of the police, adding that he had asked then PNP Chief Ronald Dela Rosa to do something about it. "Hindi ko maintindihantalaga 'yang p

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SP, SP na 'yan (I really don't understand what that 'SP' is)," he said in a speech in September 2017. "Sabi ko kay sa Crame, "Sinong gumawaniyangheneral nang l

* na 'yan?" SP01, hindi ko ma-relate kunganong.. --- anong rango itong y*** naito? SP02, SP03, wala, ‘di ba walaakong idea (I told them in Crame, 'Who made that one a general?'. 'SPO1' I can't relate what is his rank. SPO2, SPO3 I don't have an idea what they are)," he added. Duterte then said he asked the police to revert to the common rank nomenclature for the benefit of the public. "Kaya sabi ko, “Bumalik kayo”. Kasimple noon, kasi sanay tayo (That's why I told them to revert. It was simple back then). Police First Class, Police Patrolman, Police Corporal, Police Sergeant, Police Lieutenant, Captain Major, Lt. Colonel Police, General," he said.  
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