The National Police Commission (Napolcom) has given the go signal for the Philippine National Police (PNP) to hire 16,149 new policemen as part of the government’s efforts to keep peace and order in the country through improved police visibility in the streets.
Napolcom Vice Chairman and Executive Officer Rogelio Casurao said the approval to hire more cops is aimed at offsetting the decrease in the strength of the police force due to reorganization of the staffing pattern, creation of new offices/units, and vacancies caused by attrition.
Casurao said 10,000 of the 16,149 cops approved for hiring are under the regular recruitment program aimed at achieving the international standard of one policeman for every 500 people.
The 10,000 new recruits will be distributed to the PNP Mobile Forces of all Police Regional Offices (PROs), including the National Capital Region Police Office (NCRPO) and to selected National Support Units (NSUs) and other Offices.
On the other hand, the attrition recruitment quota of 6,149 shall be distributed based on the recapitulation on police personnel who retired, who were dismissed from the service, who resigned and the vacancy created by promotions and reassignments last year.
The 10,000 regular quota is distributed per region and unit, as follows: PRO1– 800; PRO2 – 200; PRO3 – 325; PRO4A – 550; PRO4B – 300; PRO5 – 575; PRO6 – 700; PRO7 – 700; PRO8 – 450; PRO9 – 250; PRO10 – 450; PRO11 – 525; PRO12 – 600; PRO13 – 550; PRO COR – 600; PRO BAR- 400; NCRPO- 450; Special Action Force (SAF) – 300; Aviation Security Group (AVSEGROUP) – 200; Anti-Kidnapping Group (AKG) – 50; Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) / K9 – 50; Maritime Group (MG) – 200; Anti-Cybercrime Group (ACG) – 50; Intelligence Group (IG) – 150; Criminal Investigation and Detection Group (CIDG) – 50; Legal Service (LS) – 50; Logistics Support Service (LSS) – 50; Highway Patrol Group (HPG) – 100; Police Community Affairs and Development Group – 75; Health Service (HS) – 150; PNP Retirement and Benefits Administration Service – 50; and, PNP Training Service – 50.
On the other hand, the 6,149 attrition quota is distributed per region and unit, as follows: PRO1 – 338; PRO2 – 248; PRO3 – 378; PRO4A – 402; PRO4B – 172; PRO5 – 163; PRO6 – 268; PRO7 – 291; PRO8 – 270; PRO9 – 166; PRO10 – 259; PRO11 – 182; PRO12 – 181; PRO13 – 190; PRO COR – 198; PRO BAR – 401; NCRPO – 912; SAF – 363; AVSEGROUP – 100; AKG –50; EOD/K9 – 75; MG – 100; ACG – 50; IG – 50; CIDG – 100; HPG – 85; HS – 57; and, HSS- 100.