Republic of the Philippines 
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
Quezon City, Metro Manila 
NINETEENTH CONGRESS 
First Regular Session 
HOUSE BILL NO. _________ 
Introduced by: HON. JOSEPH "JOJO" LARA 
EXPLANATORY NOTE 
Section 35 of Republic Act (RA) No. 6975 (An Act Establishing the Philippine 
National Police under a Reorganized Department of the Interior and Local 
Government, and for other Purposes) provides that: 
"The PNP shall be supported by administrative and operational support units. 
The administrative support units shall consist of the Crime Laboratory, Logistic Unit, 
Communications Unit, Computer Center, Finance Center, and Civil Security Unit The 
operational support units shall be composed of the Maritime Police Unit, Police 
Intelligence Unit, Police Security Unit, Criminal Investigation Unit, Special Action Force, 
Narcotics units, Aviation Security Unit, Traffic Management Unit, the Medical and 
Dental Centers and the Civil Relations Unit. To enhance police operational efficiency 
and effectiveness, the Chief of the PNP may constitute such other support units as 
may be necessary subject to the approval of the Commission: Provided, That no 
support unit headed by a chief superintendent or a higher rank can be created unless 
provided by law.' 
For several years, the PNP Recruitment Program is being implemented by the 
Recruitment and Selection Division (now Police Non-Commissioned Division) under the 
Directorate for Personnel and Records Management (DPRM). As such, pursuant to 
NAPOLCOM Resolution No. 2019-1030 dated December 27, 2019, the PNP 
Recruitment and Selection Service (PRSS) was activated as a National Administrative 
Support Unit, under the functional supervision and control of the DPRM, in order to 
institutionalize the standard implementation of the PNP Recruitment and Selection 
Program to ensure the entry of qualified and competent uniformed personnel in the 
PNP. 
The recruitment, selection and appointment process in the PNP needs to be 
separately enacted into law in order to specifically provide measures to safeguard the 
recruitment system and to prevent various forms of corruption, including, but not 
limited to, "Padrino", "Bata-Bata System" and "Kamag-Anak Incorporation" which can 
cause the recruitment and appointment of "scalawags", "Ninja Cops" and relatives 
involved in illegal drugs or illegal activities. 
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Further, a separate law on PNP recruitment shall define the qualification 
standards for Patrolman/woman, technical and line officers, PNP Cadets and other 
mode of entry in PNP as uniformed personnel. This proposed bill will clearly pave the 
way for a paperless and modernized recruitment process that will facilitate and 
drastically shorten the length of the entire recruitment process from six months to one 
month. This will surely stop any attempt of corrupting the recruitment process and 
prevent the appointment of disqualified applicants for Patrolman/woman, Technical 
and Line Officer and PNPA Cadet. 
Moreover, this bill will allow the recruitment and appointment of Pilots as Police 
Captains to make PNP competitively attractive to all commercial pilots as well as 
recruitment and appointment of Aeronautical Engineers and Aviation Professionals to 
strengthen the air unit of the PNP. This bill also provides for the recruitment and 
appointment of Psychologists/Psychometricians, Medical Technologists, Chemists, and 
other medical professionals to complete the needs of the Health Service and Crime 
Laboratory, to support the establishment of molecular laboratories nationwide. 
Likewise, this bill includes recruitment and appointment of Veterinary Doctors for the 
welfare of the EOD/K9 units who patrol public places and airports. 
Lastly, with the increasing population, the PNP strength also increases and 
there is a need to provide legal and juridical personality for PNP Recruitment and 
Selection Service (PRSS), as one of the National Administrative Support Units, solely 
for purposes of recruitment, selection and appointment processing in order to facilitate 
the entry in PNP, avoid corruption and to streamline the appointment similar with the 
system during PC/INP days or the Armed Forces of the Philippines. 
This proposed measure seeks to amend specific provisions of RA 6975 as 
amended by RA 8551 and RA 9708 in order to guarantee the implementation of the 
PNP Recruitment and Selection Program for Patrolman/PatroIwoman1 PNPA Cadets 
and Lateral Entry for Line and Technical Officers that will uphold a professional 
workforce to improve the quality of law enforcement in the country. 
This bill will surely provide prompt identification of accountability to specific 
person/s responsible for any irregularities and anomalies during recruitment, selection, 
and appointment processing as uniformed personnel for PNP. 
In view thereof, the immediate passage of this proposed legislative measure is 
earnestly sought. 
JOSEPH "JOJO" L. LARA 


Republic of the Philippines 
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
Quezon City, Metro Manila 
NINETEENTH CONGRESS 
First Regular Session 
HOUSE BILL NO. ________ 
___________________________________________________________________ 
Introduced by HON. JOSEPH "JOJO" L. LARA 
____________________________________________________________________ 
AN ACT 
PROVIDING 
FOR 
THE 
STRENGTHENING 
OF 
THE 
RECRUITMENT, 
SELECTION, AND APPOINTMENT PROCESS OF UNIFORMED PERSONNEL OF 
THE PHILIPPINE NATIONAL POLICE (PNP): AMENDING FOR THE PURPOSE 
SPECIFIC PROVISIONS OF REPUBLIC ACT No. 6975, AS AMENDED BY 
REPUBLIC ACT No. 8551 AND REPUBLIC ACT NO. 9708, AND FOR OTHER 
PURPOSES 
Be it enacted by the Senate and the House of Representatives of the Philippines in 
Congress assembled: 
SECTION 1. Short Title. – This Act shall be known as the “PNP Recruitment and 
Selection Act.” 
SECTION 2. Declaration of Policy. – It is the policy of the State to establish a 
highly efficient, effective, and competent police force, which is national in scope, 
civilian in character, and administered and controlled by the National Police 
Commission. 
SECTION 3. Objectives. – The PNP shall establish a specific unit responsible for the 
recruitment and selection of all applicants for Patrolman/Patrolwoman, PNPA Cadets 
and Lateral Entry for Line and Technical Officers in order to improve the quality of 
police services in the country with the following objectives: 
1. To enhance the capability of the PNP through institutionalization of standard
recruitment processing for Police Patrolman/Patrolwoman, PNPA Cadets and
Lateral Entry for Line and Technical Officers by establishing the PNP
Recruitment and Selection Service as a separate unit devoted only for the
purpose;
2. To establisha one-stop shop recruitment process for Patrolman/Patrolwoman
in every region in order to prioritize and encourage graduates in the provinces
and remote areas to join the PNP service;
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3. To establish qualification standards for Aircraft/Aeronautical Engineers, other
related aviation professionals, Chemists, Psychologists/ Psychometricians, 
Medical Technologists, other medical allied professionals, Veterinary Medicine, 
and Information Technology professionals to the Rank of Police Lieutenant as 
well as Lawyers and Aircraft Pilots to the rank of Police Captain; 
 
4. To entice above named professionals both civilian and in-service to serve 
exclusively to the PNP technical offices/units to support police operations and 
public services to the general public; and  
 
5. To simplify and streamline the attestation process. 
 
SECTION 4. Section 27 of RA No. 6975 is hereby amended to read as follows: 
 
Section 27. Manning Levels. – On the average nationwide, the manning 
levels of the PNP shall be approximately in accordance with a police-to population 
ratio of one (1) policeman for every five hundred (500) persons. The actual 
determination of police-to-population ratio shall only include the actual strength of 
police deployed in Provincial Police Offices, City Police Offices, and Municipal Police 
Stations. The actual strength by cities and municipalities shall depend on the state 
of peace and order, population density and actual demands of the service in the 
particular area. 
 
 
SECTION 5. Section 30 of RA No. 6975, as amended by Section 14 of RA 8551 and 
Section 1 of RA 9708 is hereby further amended to read as follows: 
 
Section 30. General Qualifications of Appointment — No person shall be 
appointed as officer or member of the PNP unless he possesses the following 
minimum qualifications: 
 
 x x x 
 
(h) Must be at least one (1) meter and fifty-seven (57) centimeters in 
height for male and one (1) meter and fifty-two (52) centimeters for female. 
For Technical Officers and members of Indigenous Peoples (IP), height 
requirement shall be at least one (1) meter and fifty-two (52) centimeters for 
male and one (1) meter and forty-seven (47) centimeters for female, provided 
that a certification be issued by National Police Commission or the National 
Commission for Indigenous Peoples (NCIP) as to their lineage/ancestry. 
 
 
x x x 
 
[For the purpose of determining compliance with the requirements on physical and 
mental health, as well as the non use of prohibited drugs, the PNP by itself or through 
a NAPOLCOM accredited government hospital shall conduct regular psychiatric, 
psychological drug and physical tests randomly and without notice.”] 
 


 
 
 
 
The physical, mental, and medical screening process, as well as the testing for the 
non-use of prohibited drugs shall be conducted by any government tertiary hospital 
accredited by the Department of Health through the supervision of medical doctors 
from the PNP Health Service. Random physical, mental and drug testing without any 
notice shall also be done as to ascertain compliance with the requirements. 
 
SECTION 6. Section 31 of RA No. 6975 is hereby amended to read as follows: 
 
Section 31B Appointment of PNP Officers and Members. – The PNP Recruitment 
and Selection Service shall be the sole office responsible for the recruitment 
process of all applicants. The appointment shall be effected in the following 
manner: 
 
a. The appointment cadet for Philippine National Police Academy shall be signed 
by the Chief, PNP starting from salary grade of eighteen (18) for fourth class, 
salary grade nineteen (19) for third class, salary grade twenty (20) for second 
class, salary grade twenty-one (21) for first class and to salary grade twenty-
two (22) for Police Lieutenant after graduation;  
 
b. The appointment of Police Non-Commissioned Officers shall be signed by 
concerned Regional Directors or Directors of National Support Units;  
 
c. The appointment of Police Commissioned Officers shall be signed by the Chief, 
PNP; and 
 
d. The appointment of Third Level Officers and members shall be signed by the 
President of the Philippines. 
 
The attestation of appointment of all uniformed personnel, except for Third Level, shall 
be attested by the Civil Service Commission. 
 
SECTION 7. Section 33 of Republic Act No. 6975 is hereby amended to read as 
follows: 
 
Section 33, Lateral Entry of Officers into the PNP. - In general, the 
appointments of commissioned officers in the PNP through lateral entry is 
considered as original and not promotional appointment. The original appointment 
shall commence with the rank of Police Lieutenant, to include all those with highly 
technical qualifications applying for the PNP technical services, such as Chemist, 
Medical Technologist, Dentist, Nurse, Psychologist/Psychometrician, Veterinary 
Medicine, Information Technology Professionals, Aeronautical Engineer/Aviation 
Professional, and other related technical professions. The Aircraft Pilot, Doctor of 
Medicine, Member of the Integrated Bar of the Philippines, and Chaplain shall be 
appointed to the rank of Police Captain in their particular technical service. The 
qualification standard shall be in accordance with the Index Occupational 
Standards or the laws governing the practice of the respective profession. 


 
 
Graduates of the Philippine National Police Academy (PNPA) shall be 
automatically appointed to the initial rank of Police Lieutenant. 
 
Licensed Criminologists shall be appointed to the rank of Police Lieutenant as 
Line Officers to fill up any vacancy after promotions from the ranks are completed. 
 
The PNP personnel are given priority to join the Lateral Entry Program. The in-
service years of experience shall be considered equivalent to years of experience 
required for appointment. In-service Licensed Criminologists of PNP regardless of 
rank may join the PNP Lateral Entry Program for line officers provided that the 
present rank of appointment is permanent in status with no derogatory record or 
pending criminal and administrative complaint/case and physically, mentally, and 
medically fit. 
 
SECTION 8. Section 35 of RA No. 6975 is hereby amended to read as follows: 
 
Section 35. Support Units – The PNP shall be supported by administrative 
and operational support units. The administrative support units shall consist of the 
Crime Laboratory, Logistic Unit, Communications Unit, Computer Center, Finance 
Center, Civil Security Unit and the Recruitment and Selection Service. The 
operational support units shall be composed of the Maritime Police Unit, Police 
Intelligence Unit, Police Security Unit, Criminal Investigation Unit, Special Action 
Force, Narcotics units, Aviation Security Unit, Traffic Management Unit, the Medical 
and Dental Centers and the Civil Relations Unit. To enhance police operational 
efficiency and effectiveness, the Chief of the PNP may constitute such other 
support units as may be necessary subject to the approval of the Commission: 
Provided, That no support unit headed by a chief superintendent or a higher rank 
can be created unless provided by law. 
 
x x x 
 
 
(7) The Recruitment and Selection Service shall be headed by a Police Brigadier 
General who shall be responsible in the recruitment and selection of 
applicants for Patrolman/Patrolwoman, PNPA Cadets and Lateral Entry for 
line and technical officers nationwide. The functions shall include but not 
limited to the following such as: 
  
a. Determining recruitment quota, distribution of recruitment quota, 
qualification standards; 
 
b. Conduct of one-month recruitment through establishing a one-stop shop 
facilities/venues for the recruitment processing composed of Doctors, 
Nurses, Dentists, and other Medical Professions detailed from the PNP 
Health Service and other medical practitioners from government tertiary 


hospitals accredited by the Department of Health under the supervision of 
medical doctors from the PNP Health Service; 
 
c. Design electronic programs and gadgets for the online registration of 
application of applicants, conduct of Assessment Test/Written Competitive 
Examinations, Psychological/Psychiatric Evaluation and utilized electronic 
machines for Physical/Medical and Dental Examinations for establishment 
of database of applicants; 
 
d. Strengthen the coordination with Academe and other Government Agencies 
for data sharing and improvement on the quality of graduates who will be 
the future Police Officers; and 
 
e. Spearhead amendment of laws, policies, and circulars on recruitment of 
Police Officers and Members. 
 
x x x 
 
SECTION 9. Permanency and Termination of Appointment of Uniformed 
Personnel. – All 
uniformed 
personnel 
appointed 
as 
Patrolman/ 
Patrolwoman and Lateral Entry Line and Technical Officers shall be appointed in a 
temporary status. Permanent appointment shall be issued after completion of required 
basic training and Field Training Program for twelve months. Extension of temporary 
status is prohibited except for compelling reasons, provided the same is beyond the 
control and not attributable to the appointee, provided further the extension is only 
for twelve months. 
 
All uniformed personnel who failed to comply with the above provision shall be 
terminated without prejudice for reappointment provided that they still meet the 
minimum qualification standards as set by RA No. 6975 as amended by RA No. 8551 
and RA No. 9708, respectively. 
 
All uniformed personnel in temporary status who committed infractions, violations, 
and offenses shall, after due process, be terminated with prejudice to re-entry or 
reappointment. The termination proceeding shall be conducted by Training Institution 
with strict observance of due process wherein the recommendation for termination 
shall be approved by the appointing authority within thirty (30) days from date of 
occurrence of compelling reasons or the commission of the infractions, violations, and 
offenses. 
 
SECTION 10. Appointment of Non-Uniformed Personnel. – 
 
a. The PNP Recruitment and Selection Services (PRS) shall have eighty-eight (88) 
Non-Uniformed plantilla positions which shall be created for the following 
purposes: 
 
1. The Non-Uniformed Personnel with salary grade twenty-two (22) shall be 
the Deputy Chief for Planning Management Division; 


 
2. Salary Grade eighteen (18) be given to Section Chief for Attestation; and 
 
3. Salary Grade fifteen (15), eleven (11), Nine (9), eight (8), six (6), four (4) 
and two (2) shall be given to Assistant Section Chief, Admin, Computer 
Operators, Proof Readers, Encoders, Messenger, Driver, and Utility to be 
distributed to all Division/Units of PRS. 
 
b. The Chief, PNP may appoint Doctors, Nurses, Dentists, Chemists, Medical 
Technologists, and Admin and Utility personnel in Health Service, Crime 
Laboratory, and Training Institutions with salary grade commensurate in 
accordance with Index Occupational Standards. 
 
The above plantilla shall be sourced from the existing unfilled Non-Uniformed 
Personnel which can be realigned accordingly. 
 
SECTION 11. Funding. – The funding for the recruitment process shall be 
specifically provided in the annual General Appropriations Act (GAA) of the PNP. The 
Initial Clothing Allowance of Php 25,000.00 per capita shall also be included therein 
subject to the prevailing inflation rate per annum. 
 
SECTION 12. Repealing Clause. – All other provisions of Republic Act No. 6975, as 
amended by Republic Act No. 8551 and Republic Act No. 9708, and all other laws, 
executive orders, rules, and regulations, inconsistent with the provisions of this Act 
shall be deemed modified or repealed accordingly. 
 
SECTION 13. Separability Clause. – If any provision of this Act or the application 
of such provision is declared unconstitutional or invalid, the provisions not affected 
thereby shall remain in full force and effect. 
 
SECTION 14. Effectivity. – This Act shall take effect fifteen (15) days after its 
complete publication in the Official Gazette or in a newspaper of general circulation. 
 
Approved,