FIFTEENTH CONGRESS OF THE 
REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES 
Second Regular Session 
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SENATE 
S. NO. 3218 
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Introduced by SENATOR 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 Public Safety College 
(PPSC), a separate and distinct bureau from the PNP. 
This current 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. 


FIFTEENTH CONGRESS OF THE 
REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES 
Second Regular Session 
SENATE 
S, NO. 3218 
'12 
JUN-S P3:51 
Introduced by SENATOR 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) Detain an arrested person for a period not beyond what is prescribed by law, 
informing the person so detained of all his rights under the Constitution; 
(t) Issue licenses for the possession of firearms and explosives in accordance with law; 


(g) Supervise and control the training and operations of s'ecurity 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 all 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). 
Section 2. Section 66 of Republic Act 697S 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. 
Said college shall be under the direct supervision of a Board of Trustees composed of the 
Secretary and the TWO (2) bureau heads NAMELY: (1) CHIEF OF THE BUREAU OF FIRE 
PROTECTION (BFP) AND (2) CHIEF OF THE BUREAU OF JAIL MANAGEMENT AND PENOLOGY 
(BJMP). 
Section 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. 
Section 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. 
Section 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 organizational structure and staffing pattern of PNPA, PNTI and NPC to 
the National Police Commission (NAPOlCOM) and the Department of Budget and 
Mariagement (OBM) for approval. The PNPA, PNTI arid NPC shall be headed by police 
commissioned officers with the rank of Police Chief Superintendent. 
Section 6. Transition. - The Secretary of the Department of Interior and local Government 
(OllG) 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. 
Section 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. 
Section 8. Implementing Rules and Regulations. -
Within ninety (90) days from the 
effectivity of this Act, the NAPOlCOM, in coordination with the PNP and the DllG, shall 
promulgate fhe riecessary rules arid regul<lfioris fo implemerit fhe proiiisioris of fhis Act. 
Such rules and regulations shall take effect upon their publication in two (2) newspaper of 
general circ:ulation. 
Section 9. Repealing Clause. - All laws, decrees, executive orders, rules and regulations, and 
other issuances or parts thereof inconsistent with this Act are hereby repeaied, amended or 
modified accordingly. 


Section 10. Separability Clause. - In case any pro~ision of this Act or any portion hereof is 
declared unconstitutional by a competent court, other provisions shaH not be affected 
thereby. 
Section 11. Effectivity Clause. - This Act shall take effect upon its publication in at least two 
(2) newspaper of general circulation. 
Approved.