The Police Regional Office Bangsamoro Autonomous Region (PRO BAR), also known as the Bangsamoro Police, is the regional office of the

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. Current ...

meant to cover the whole

Bangsamoro ar, منطقة بانجسامورو ذاتية الحكم فى مسلمى مينداناو , native_name = , settlement_type = Autonomous region , anthem = Bangsamoro Hymn , image_skyline ...

autonomous region.

History

Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao

The history of the Police Regional Office Bangsamoro Autonomous Region is traced back to the establishment of the Fourth Philippine Constabulary Zone of the

Philippine Constabulary The Philippine Constabulary (PC; tl, Hukbóng Pamayapà ng Pilipinas, ''HPP''; es, Policía de Filipinas, ''PF'') was a gendarmerie-type police force of the Philippines from 1901 to 1991, and the predecessor to the Philippine National Po ...

in 1971. In the same year, the headquarters of the constabulary unit, Camp Brigadier General Salipada K Pendatun was set up which would later be the main camp of the PRO BARMM. In 1990, the

Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao The Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao ( tl, Rehiyong Awtonomo ng Muslim Mindanao; ar, الحكم الذاتي الاقليمي لمسلمي مندناو ''Al-ḥukm adh-dhātī al-'iqlīmī li-muslimī Mindanāu''; abbreviated as ARMM) was ...

(ARMM) was formed and the Police Regional Office Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (PRO ARMM) was activated the following year.

Bangsamoro

When the

Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao ar, منطقة بانجسامورو ذاتية الحكم فى مسلمى مينداناو , native_name = , settlement_type = Autonomous regions of the Philippines, Autonomous region , anthem = Bangsa ...

(BARMM) succeeded the ARMM, the PRO ARMM was reorganized as the Police Regional Office Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (PRO BARMM). Since the Bangsamoro autonomous region had a slightly larger scope than its predecessor, the new police regional office had to expand its jurisdiction as well. They were previous proposals to create an independent police force for the region, but did not materialized. On April 29, 2019, the PRO BARMM had started its gradual takeover of additional areas. They started supervising the Cotabato City Police which is still administratively under the control of Police Regional Office 12. They also began planning on how to put the barangays in Cotabato that are part of Bangsamoro under their jurisdiction. The National Police Commission approved the reorganization of the police department into the Philippine Regional Office Bangsamoro Autonomous Region (PRO BAR) in September 2019 which also placed the Cotabato City police under the department's jurisdiction. The municipal police over the 63 Bangsamoro barangays in Bangsamoro remains outside the scope of the Bangsamoro police until the barangays are reorganized into new municipalities or merged with existing municipalities in Bangsamoro.

References

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