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Internal Affairs Service Of Philippine National Police
The Internal Affairs Service (IAS) of the Philippine National Police (PNP) which investigates infractions allegedly committed by the members of the PNP. It was created pursuant to ''Republic Act (RA) 8551'' otherwise known as "The PNP Reform and Reorganization Act of 1998", and is tasked to instill police discipline, enhance the delivery of police service and dispense justice. Proposed independence As conceived in RA 8551, the IAS is part of the PNP - an institutional setup which has led to proposals for the IAS to be made an independent unit, since all of the unit's actions are subject to review by, and are sometimes reversed by PNP commanders. The institutional arrangement also made it difficult for the investigate any allegations which may be directed towards top PNP commanders, who are the ones who approve the investigations. As a result, in 2019, it was proposed that the agency be removed from the administration of the PNP and made an attached agency of the Philippines' Depa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Government Of The Philippines
The Government of the Philippines ( fil, Pamahalaan ng Pilipinas) has three interdependent branches: the legislative, executive, and judicial branches. The Philippines is governed as a unitary state under a presidential representative and democratic constitutional republic in which the president functions as both the head of state and the head of government of the country within a pluriform multi-party system. The powers of the three branches are vested by the Constitution of the Philippines in the following: Legislative power is vested in the two-chamber Congress of the Philippines—the Senate is the upper chamber and the House of Representatives is the lower chamber. Executive power is exercised by the government under the leadership of the president. Judicial power is vested in the courts with the Supreme Court of the Philippines as the highest judicial body. Legislative branch The legislative power is vested in the Congress of the Philippines which consists of the S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Camp Crame
Camp General Rafael T. Crame () is the national headquarters of the Philippine National Police (PNP) located along Epifanio de los Santos Avenue (EDSA) in Quezon City. It is situated across EDSA from Camp Aguinaldo, the national headquarters of the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP). Prior to the establishment of the civilian PNP, Camp Crame was the national headquarters of the Philippine Constabulary, a gendarmerie-type Military police force which was the PNP's predecessor. Camp Crame was named after the first Filipino Chief of the Philippine Constabulary, Brigadier General Rafael Cramé. History Establishment In 1935, the Philippine Constabulary struck a deal with the City Government of Manila to exchange its Gagalangin barracks compound in Tondo (now the site of Florentino Torres High School) for a large tract of land in the New Manila Heights (now part of Quezon City). Part of this tract became Camp Crame, Camp Murphy (now Camp Aguinaldo), and Zablan Field, site t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Atty (1869–1960), British racehorse trainer
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Atty may refer to: Slang *Attorney (other) *Slang for atomizer, a component of an electronic cigarette *Slang for Attleborough, Norfolk Surname *Alex Atty (1916–1973), American football offensive lineman *Atty Persse Henry Seymour "Atty" Persse (1869–1960) was a British racehorse trainer. He was Champion Trainer in 1930. Persse was commissioned a second-lieutenant in the Duke of Lancaster's Own Yeomanry The Duke of Lancaster's Own Yeomanry (DLOY) was ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
National Police Commission (Philippines)
The National Police Commission (NAPOLCOM; fil, Pambansang Komisyon ng Pulisya) is an agency attached to the Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) responsible for the administration and control of the Philippine National Police (PNP). It has the authority to administer police entrance examination, to investigate police anomalies and irregularities, and to summarily dismiss erring police officers. History The NAPOLCOM traces its roots from the creation of the Police Commission (POLCOM) under ''Republic Act 4864'' (Police Act of 1966). It was reorganized as the National Police Commission (NAPOLCOM) in 1972. The NAPOLCOM was under the Office of the President before being transferred to the Ministry of National Defense in 1975 by virtue of ''Presidential Decree 765'' (Police Integration Law). In 1980, the agency was returned to the Office of the President by ''Executive Order No. 1040''. In 1990, with the establishment of the Philippine National Police (PNP), t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Philippine National Police
The Philippine National Police ( fil, Pambansang Pulisya ng Pilipinas, acronymed as PNP) is the armed national police force in the Philippines. Its national headquarters is located at Camp Crame in Bagong Lipunan ng Crame, Quezon City. Currently, it has approximately 220,000 personnel to police a population in excess of 100 million. The agency is administered and controlled by the National Police Commission and is part of the Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG). Local police officers are operationally controlled by municipal mayors. DILG, on the other hand, organizes, trains and equips the PNP for the performance of police functions as a police force that is national in scope and civilian in character. The PNP was formed on January 29, 1991, when the Philippine Constabulary and the Integrated National Police were merged pursuant to Republic Act 6975 of 1990. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Police
The police are a constituted body of persons empowered by a state, with the aim to enforce the law, to ensure the safety, health and possessions of citizens, and to prevent crime and civil disorder. Their lawful powers include arrest and the use of force legitimized by the state via the monopoly on violence. The term is most commonly associated with the police forces of a sovereign state that are authorized to exercise the police power of that state within a defined legal or territorial area of responsibility. Police forces are often defined as being separate from the military and other organizations involved in the defense of the state against foreign aggressors; however, gendarmerie are military units charged with civil policing. Police forces are usually public sector services, funded through taxes. Law enforcement is only part of policing activity. Policing has included an array of activities in different situations, but the predominant ones are concerned with the pre ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Department Of The Interior And Local Government
The Department of the Interior and Local Government ( fil, Kagawaran ng Interyor at Pamahalaang Lokal), abbreviated as DILG, is the executive department of the Philippine government responsible for promoting peace and order, ensuring public safety and strengthening local government capability aimed towards the effective delivery of basic services to the citizenry. The department is currently led by the secretary of the interior and local government, nominated by the president of the Philippines and confirmed by the Commission on Appointments. The secretary is a member of the Cabinet. The current secretary of the interior and local government is Sec. Benjamin Abalos Jr. History The DILG traces its roots in the Tejeros Convention of March 22, 1897. As the Department of the Interior, it was among the first Cabinet positions of the proposed revolutionary Philippine government, wherein Gen. Emilio Aguinaldo was elected president. The leader of Katipunan's Magdiwang faction, Andres ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Security Sector Governance And Reform In The Philippines
The process of security sector governance and reform in the Philippines – which involves professionalizing, civilianizing, and modernizing/capacitating the Philippine government's security institutionshttps://www.bworldonline.com/security-sector-governance-and-reform-in-southeast-asia/ to align them with ideals of good governance and with principles such as human rights, freedom of information, and the rule of civilian law – has been a continuing process since the establishment of the Fifth Philippine Republic after the 1986 People Power Revolution, before the concept had even been fully defined internationally in the 1990s. Government sectors involved Core security actors In the Philippines, security sector reform (SSR) is focused on "core security actors" that are allowed by the State to use violence in the performance of their mandates: most prominently the Armed Forces of the Philippines, Philippine National Police, and the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG), but also the Ph ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
