SIXTEENTH CONGRESS OF THE REPUBLIC) 
OF THE PHILIPPINES 
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First Regular Session 
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SENATE 
Senate Bill No, 
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INTRODUCED BY SEN. JINGGOY EJERCITO ESTRADA 
EXPLANATORY NOTE 
Most, if not all, countries with successful human resource development programs have 
adopted the practice of organizing and placing their police academies and training 
schools directly under the heads of their police forces. In the case of the Philippines, 
however, the Philippine National Police Academy (PNPA), the Police National Training 
Institute (PNTI) and the National Police College (NPC) which conduct trainings to 
uniformed personnel of the PNP are presently administered and controlled by the 
Philippine Ppblic Safety College (PPSC), a separate and distinct bureau from the PNP. 
This curren;t set-up has proven to be ineffective and costly. 
It allows lapses in 
coordination of training programs and makes it difficult to develop a system of well-
developed plan and budget for trainings internal to the PNP. There is also a mismatch 
between the PNP training expectations and requirements and the actual services 
provided by the PPSC. 
The ineffectiveness and inefficiency in the structure and system frequently result in 
unnecessary cost and waste of resources and efforts because the PNP would 
oftentimes conducts its own re-orientation and specialization training programs, thus 
duplicating those already undertaken by PPSC. 
Considering that the training serves as a support system for the upgrading of PNP's 
operational capability, the PNPA, PNTI and NPC should be placed under the 
administrative supervision and operational control of the PNP as it is more in a position 
to provide for its training needs. 
Immediate passage of this bill is therefore earnestly sought. 
GOY EJERCITO ESTRADA 
Senator 
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SENATE 
Senate Bill No. 
131 
INTRODUCED BY SEN. JINGGOY EJERCITO ESTRADA 
AN ACT 
TRANSFERRING THE 
ADMINISTRATIVE SUPERVISION AND OPERATIONAL 
CONTROL OF THE PHILIPPINE NATIONAL POLICE ACADEMY (PNPA), THE 
POLICE NATIONAL TRAINING INSTITUTE (PNTI) AND THE NATIONAL POLICE 
COLLEGE (NPC) FROM THE PHILIPPINE PUBLIC SAFETY COLLEGE (PPSC) TO 
THE PHILIPPINE NATIONAL POLICE (PNP), AMENDING SECTIONS 24, 66 AND 67 
OF REPUBLIC ACT NO. 6975 AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Philippines in 
Congress assembled: 
SECTION 1. Section 24 of Republic Act No. 6975 is hereby amended to read as 
follows: 
"Section 24. Powers and Functions. - The PNP shall have the following 
powers and functions: 
(a) Enforce all laws and ordinances relative to the protection of lives 
and properties; 
(b) Maintain peace and order and take all necessary steps to ensure 
public safety; 
(c) Investigate and prevent crimes, effect the arrest of criminal 
offenders, bring offenders to justice and assist in their prosecution; 
(d) Exercise the general powers to make arrest, search and seizure in 
accordance with the Constitution and pertinent laws; 
(e) netaln an arrested person for a period not beyond what Is 
, prescribed by law, informing the person so detained of all his rights 
I under the Constitution; 
(f) Issue licenses for the possession of firearms and explosives in 
accordance with law; 
(g) Supervise and control the training and operations of security 
agencies and issue licenses to operate security agencies, and to 
security guards and private detectives, for the practice of their 
professions; and 


(h) Perform such other duties and exercise ali other functions as may 
be provided by law. 
"In addition, the PNP shall absorb the office of the National Action 
Committee on Anti-Hijacking (NACAH) of the Department of National 
Defense, all the functions of present Philippine Air Force Security 
Command (PAFSECOM), as well as the police functions of the Coast 
Guard. In order to perform its powers and functions efficiently and 
effectively, the PNP shall be provided with adequate land, sea, and air 
capabilities and all necessary material means of resources. 
"LIKEWISE, IN ORDER TO ENSURE THAT THE POLICE FORCE ARE 
PROPERLY TRAINED TO PERFORM THE AFORESTATED POWERS 
AND FUNCTIONS, THE PHILIPPINE NATIONAL POLICE (PNP) SHALL 
HAVE 
ADMINISTRATIVE 
SUPERVISION 
AND 
OPERATIONAL 
CONTROL OVER THE PHILIPPINE NATIONAL POLICE ACADEMY 
(PNPA), THE POLICE NATIONAL TRAINING INSTITUTE (PNTI) AND 
THE NATIONAL POLICE COLLEGE (NPC)." 
SEC 2. Section 66 of Republic Act 6975 is hereby amended to read as follows: 
"Section 66. Creation of the Philippine Public Safety College - there is 
hereby created the Philippine Public Safety College (PPSC), which shall 
be the premier educational institution for the training, human resource 
development and continuing education of all personnel of the Fire and Jail 
Bureaus. 
"SaiC\ college shall be under the direct supervision of a Board of Trustees 
composed of the Secretary and the TWO (2) bureau heads NAMELY: (1) 
CHI ElF OF THE BUREAU OF FIRE PROTECTION (BFP) AND (2) CHIEF 
OF THE BUREAU OF JAIL MANAGEMENT AND PENOLOGY (BJMP)." 
SEC 3. Section 67 of Republic Act 6975 is hereby amended to read as follows: 
"Section 67. Composition, Powers and Functions - The College shall 
consist of the Fire Service Training Center, JAIL NATIONAL TRAINING 
INSTITUTE, and other special training centers as may be created by the 
Department, whose functions shall be as follows: 
(a) 
Formulate and implement training programs for the personnel of the 
Department; 
(b) 
Establish and maintain adequate physical training facilities; 
(c) 
Develop and Implement research and development to support 
educational training programs; 
(d) 
Conduct an assessment of the training needs of all its clientele; and 
(e) 
Perform such other related functions as may be prescribed by the 
Secretary." 


SEC 4. Transfer of Properties, Facilities, Personnel. - There shall be complete 
transfer of all properties, facilities, records, equipment, funds, appropriations, choses in 
action, rights, functions, other assets as well as personnel of the PNPA, PNTI and NPC 
to the PNP. 
SEC 5. Organizational Structure and Staffing Pattern. - The Director General of the 
Philippine National Police, within ninety (90) days from the effectivity of this Act, shall 
submit the revised or9anizational structure and staffing pattern of PNPA, PNTI and NPC 
to the National Police Commission (NAPOLCOM) arid the Department of Budget and 
Management (DBM) for approval. The PNPA, PNTI and NPC shall be headed by police 
commissioned officers with the rank of Police Chief Superintendent. 
SEC 6. Ttansition. -
The Secretary of the Department of Interior and Local 
Government (DILG) and the Chairman of the NAPOLCOM shall ensure the smooth 
transition of the transfer of the PNPA, PNTI and NPC from the PPSC to the PNP within 
four (4) months from the effectivity of this Act. 
SEC 7. Appropriations. - The amount necessary to carry out the provisions of this Act 
is hereby authorized to be appropriated in the annual General Appropriations Act of the 
year following its enactment into law and thereafter. 
SEC 8. Implementing Rules and Regulations. - Within ninety (90) days from the 
effectivity of this Act, the NAPOLCOM, in coordination with the PNP and the DILG, shall 
promulgate the necessary rules and regulations to implement the provisions of this Act. 
Such rules and regulations shall take effect upon their publication in two (2) newspaper 
of general circulation. 
SEC 9. Repealing Clause. - All laws, decrees, executive orders, rules and regulations, 
and other issuances or parts thereof inconsistent with this Act are hereby repealed, 
amended or modified accordingly. 
SEC 10. Separability Clause. - In case any provision of this Act or any portion hereof 
is declared unconstitutional by a competent court, other provisions shall not be affected 
thereby. 
SEC 11. Effectivity Clause. - This Act shall take effect upon its publication In at least 
two (2) newspaper of general circulation. 
Approved,