II.

ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURE
1. RELATIONSHIP OF THE PNP TO THE DILG

Pursuant to Republic Act No. 6975 as amended by Republic Act No. 8551, The PNP in under the administrative control and operational supervision of
the National Police Commission. Meanwhile, the NAPOLCOM is an attached agency of the Department of the Interior and Local Government for policy
and program coordination. The Secretary of the Interior and Local government is mandated to be the Ex- Officio Chairman of NAPOLCOM.
2. THE PNP ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURE

In order to accomplish the mission, powers and functions of the PNP, its structure was provided for as follows:

1. The PNP Command Group is headed by the Chief PNP who is vested with the power to command and direct the PNP. He is also assisted by
two Deputies assigned to the administration of the PNP and one for operations side.
2. The Chief of the Directorial Staff serves as the Chief Operations Officer of the PNP. He coordinates, supervises, and directs the Directorial
Staff and the PNP units in the performance of their respective functions.
3. The Internal Affairs Service (IAS) is headed by a Inspector General who assists the Chief PNP in ensuring operational readiness and
investigates infractions of the regulations committed by the members of the PNP.
4. The Human Rights Affairs Office (HRAO) is headed by a senior police commissioned officer who serves as a manager of the facility that will
supervise the implementation of the guidelines and policies on human rights laws.
5. The Center for Police Strategy Management (CPSM) serves as the Central facility of the PNP in coordinating and integrating all strategy
management processes, sustaining its strategy execution and management, and instilling in the organization a culture of strategy focus.
6. The Directorial Staff is composed of 16 directorates. Every Director in each unit has also his defined function in line with his specialization as
follows:
o The Directorate for Personnel and Records Management (DPRM). The director optimizes the utilization of personnel resources both from the
PNP- uniformed and non- uniformed personnel.
o The Directorate for Intelligence (DI). The director manages the gathering/collating of intelligence objectives through effective management of all
intelligence and counter-intelligence activities of the PNP. He also serves as the linkage of all foreigners with official transactions with the chief PNP.
o The Directorate for Operations (DO). The director exercises the command, the control, the direction, the coordination and the supervision of all
activities on PNP operations such as deployment and employment of personnel.
o The Directorate for Logistics (DL). The director administers and manages material resources needed for the PNP operations.
o The Directorate for Plans (DPL). The director plans and programs strategic PNP operations. He also represents the PNP in the inter-agency and
international affairs on peace and order.
o The Directorate for Comptrollership (DC). The director administers and manages the fiscal financial resources.
o The Directorate for Police-Community Relations (DPCR). The director formulates and implements community –related activities, programs and
projects. He also supervises the PNP Salaam Police Center to undertake close monitoring, networking and liaisoning activities with the Muslim
 communities in addressing terrorism and lawless violence in their respective areas to guarantee that the Muslims are not discriminated, oppressed or
singled-out.
o The Directorate for Investigation and Detective Management (DIDM). The director coordinates. Controls and supervises all investigation activities.
o The Directorate for Human Resource and Doctrine Development (DHRDD). The director formulates policies on matters pertaining to human
resources and doctrine development.
 The Directorate for Research and Development (DRD). The director engages in research and development and does testing and evaluation
of self-reliant projects.
 The Directorate for Information and Communications Technology Management (DICTM). The director integrates and standardizes all the
PNP information systems and resources to further improve the frontline services.
 Five (5) Directorates for Integrated Police Operations (DIPOs). The Directors of the clustered areas for Integrated Police Operations, namely:
Eastern Mindanao, Western Mindanao, Visayas, Southern and Northern Luzon are given the responsibility to direct and to supervise the conduct
of integrated anti-criminality, internal security, counter- terrorism operations, to promote inter-operability with the Armed Forces of the Philippines,
and to provide a system to promote regional socio-economic development.
7. There are 23 National Support Units of the PNP. Eleven (11) of which are administrative while twelve (12) are operational in nature. The eleven
Administrative Units are as follows:
 Logistics Support Service (LSS).
 Information Technology Management Service (ITMS).
 Finance Service (FS).
 Health Service (HS)..
 Communications and Electronics Service (CES).
 Chaplain Service (CHS).
 Legal Service (LS).
 Headquarters Support Service (HSS).
 Engineering Service( ES).
 Training Service (TS). and
 PNP Retirement and Benefits Administration Service (PRBS).

The twelve (12) operational support units and their respective functions are as follows:

 Maritime Group (MG). This group is responsible to perform all police functions over Philippine Territorial waters, lakes, and rivers along coastal
areas to include ports and harbors and small islands for the security and the sustainability development of the maritime environment.
 Intelligence Group (IG). This group serves as the intelligence and counter-intelligence operating unit of the PNP.
 Police Security and Protection Group (PSPG). This group provides security to government vital installations, government officials, visiting
dignitaries and private individuals authorized to be given protection.
 Criminal Investigation and Detection Group (CIDG). This group monitors, investigates, prosecutes all crimes involving economic sabotage,
and other crimes of such magnitude and extent as to indicate their commission by highly placed or professional criminal syndicates and
organizations. It also conducts organized- crime –control, all major cases involving violations of the revised penal Code, violators of SPECIAL
LAWS assigned to them such as Anti-hijacking, Anti-Carnapping and Cyber crimes among others and atrocities committed by Communist Party
of the Philippines (CPP)/New People’s Army (NPA)/National Democratic Front (NDF).
 Special Action Force (SAF). This group is a mobile strike force or a reaction unit to augment regional , provincial, municipal and city police
force for civil disturbance control, internal security operations, hostage-taking rescue operations, search and rescue in times of natural calamities,
disasters and national emergencies and other special police operations such as ant-hijacking, anti-terrorism, explosives and ordnance disposal.
On a special note, the PNP Air Unit is placed under the supervision of SAF.
 Aviation Security Group (AVEGROUP). This group provides security to all airports throughout the country.
 Highway Patrol Group (HPG). This group enforces the traffic laws and regulations, promote safety along the highways, enhances traffic safety
consciousness through inter- agency cooperation concerning Police Traffic Safety Engineering, Traffic Safety Education and Traffic Law
enforcement functions and develops reforms in the crime prevention aspect against all forms of lawlessness committed along National Highway
involving the use of motor vehicles.
 Police-Community Relations Group (PCRG). This group undertakes and orchestrates Police Community Relations program and activities in
partnership with concerned government agencies, the community, and volunteer organizations in order to prevent crime and attain a safe and
peaceful environment.
 Civil Security Group (CSG). This group regulates business operations and activities of all organized private detectives, watchmen, security
guards/agencies and company guard forces. It also supervises the licensing and registration of firearms and explosives.
 Crime Laboratory (CL). This group provides scientific and technical, investigative aide and support to the PNP and other investigative agencies.
It also provides crime laboratory examination, evaluation and identification of physical evidence gathered at the crime scene with primary
emphasis on medical, biological and physical nature.
 PNP Anti-Kidnapping Group (PNP-AKG). This Group serves as the primary unit of the PNP in addressing kidnapping menace in the country
and in handling hostage situations. And
 PNP Anti-Cybercrime Group (PNP- ACG). This Group is responsible for the implementation of pertinent laws on cybercrimes and anti-
cybercrime campaigns of the PNP.
8. For the main PNP operating units, there are seventeen (17) Police Regional Offices nationwide which correspond to the Regional subdivisions
of the country. Directly under the Police Regional Offices are seventeen (17) Regional Public Safety Battalions (RPSB), eighty (80) Police
Provincial Offices which correspond to the number of Provinces in the country and twenty (20) City Police Offices (CPOs) in highly urbanized
and independent cities , which are equivalent to a Provincial Police Office.
The Police Provincial Offices have their respective Provincial Public Safety Companies (PPSC) which is utilized primarily for internal security operations
(ISO). The number of platoons in a Provincial Public Safety Company is dependent on the existing peace and order situation in the province concerned.