Question & AnswerQ&A (OP MEMORANDUM ORDER NO. 77)
Local government units are mandated to ensure and support the maintenance of peace and order within their respective territorial jurisdictions.
City and municipal mayors exercise operational supervision and control over PNP units under Section 51, Chapter III-D of the Department of the Interior and Local Government Act of 1990 (R.A. No. 6975), as amended by the Philippine National Police Reform and Reorganization Act of 1998 (R.A. No. 8551).
Yes, the mayors' operational supervision and control do not apply during the thirty (30) day period immediately preceding and the thirty (30) days following any national, local, and barangay elections.
The National Police Commission exercises administrative control and operational supervision over the PNP as provided by Section 14 of R.A. No. 6975, as amended.
The President directs NAPOLCOM to ensure that mayors of cities and municipalities in the NCR exercise operational supervision and control over PNP units except during specified election periods, that disciplinary decisions by local People's Law Enforcement Boards are immediately executory, that mayors choose police chiefs from recommended qualified officers, and that mayors be given prior notice of transfers or details of PNP members under their supervision.
Such decisions are immediately executory but can be appealed to the regional appellate board within ten (10) days. The appeal will not prevent the penalty from being implemented. If the appeal results in exoneration, the respondent is entitled to reinstatement and payment of withheld salary, allowances, and benefits.
The mayors select these officials from lists of qualified and eligible officers recommended by the district director or NCRPO Director, preferably from the same city or municipality. Mayors may also recommend eligible persons to be included in the lists.
Mayors must be given prior notice of any transfer, recall, reassignment, or detail of PNP members under their operational supervision and control.
Because the NCR is uniquely situated with a large population and multiple cities and municipalities, mechanisms are needed to ensure mayors can effectively perform their peace and order responsibilities.
It took effect immediately upon approval on October 1, 2002.