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12-13, 2023
Final Exam----- Dec. 18-19,2023
LAW ENFORCEMENT AND PUBLIC SAFETY AGENCIES AS PROVIDED UNDER E.O. 292
SERIES OF 1987 AND OTHER RELEVANT LAWS
What is Law Enforcement?
It is the implementation of the law, rules and regulations.
WHAT ARE SOME OF THE LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES IN THE
PHILIPPINES?
Philippine National Police
National Bureau of Investigation
Bureau of Customs
Bureau of Immigration
Philippine Coast Guard
Office for Transportation Security
Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency
The PNP shall be headed by A Chief, with a rank of Police General, who shall be assisted by two
Deputy Chiefs: One for Administration, who happens to be the second in command; and one for
Operation who is third in command with a rank of Deputy Director General.
The head of the Directorial Staff with the rank of Police Lieutenant General is known as Chief
of the Directorial Staff of the PNP.
The PNP organizational structure is composed of a National Office, Regional Offices, Provincial
Offices, district Offices, and City/municipal offices.
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.
Finally, a total of 1,766 Police Stations are established nationwide and they are categorized as
follows: 90 Component City Police Stations and 1,507 Municipal Police Stations under the
Police Provincial Offices, 131 Police Stations under the City Police Offices, and 38 Police
Stations/City Police Stations in the National Capital Regional Police Office which serve as
the main operating arms of the PNP for the anti- criminality campaign.