Question & AnswerQ&A (PRESIDENTIAL DECREE NO. 1780)
The official title is the "Philippine National Police Academy Charter of 1981."
The Philippine National Police Academy is declared as the premier educational institution of the Integrated National Police.
Its primary purpose is to develop and conduct professional, specialized, and technological education in public safety and social defense, promote continuing research, advanced studies, and progressive leadership in its areas of specialization.
The Academy offers short-term training courses in its areas of specialization to meet the needs of personnel of the Integrated National Police.
It is a program for the development, conduction, and administration of preparatory education necessary for potential officers with professional competence and leadership skills, where participants are called cadets who constitute the Corps of Cadets of the Integrated National Police.
The Director General determines these in accordance with existing laws, rules, and regulations.
The Academy has the power to grant and confer academic degrees, proficiency certificates, or diplomas and other privileges to successful participants, subject to the approval of the Minister of National Defense and the Minister of Education and Culture for accreditation.
Yes, graduates of any prescribed course equivalent to an undergraduate course of not less than two academic years prior to the approval of the Decree are entitled to these privileges.
The Director General, subject to the approval of the Minister of National Defense, prescribes these rules and regulations.
All laws, decrees, or executive orders contrary to or inconsistent with the provisions of this Decree are repealed, amended, or modified accordingly.