QuestionsQuestions (NAPOLCOM MEMORANDUM CIRCULAR NO. 2008-004)
It prescribes policies and guidelines governing the selection and placement of Police Commissioned Officers (PCOs) to staff and other positions of responsibility in Police Regional Offices (PROs), National Support Units (NSUs), and related units, and provides guidance on fair adjudication of protests/complaints.
To improve the placement system for PROs/NSUs through objective merit-based criteria; to create equal access and opportunity regardless of commission source, gender, or affiliation; and to provide guidelines for the fair adjudication of protests, complaints, or grievances.
It refers to designation to positions involving purely clerical, staff, and managerial functions, including assignments to NHQ PNP and certain headquarters support units (excluding operating units, HSS, and other operating headquarters support units).
Field Duty is designation to positions performing essential and purely police functions such as law enforcement, crime prevention and security operations, intelligence, investigation, training, and police community relations. It includes precinct/station assignments and operating units of PROs and regional offices of NSUs.
They are active PNP uniformed personnel with ranks from Inspector up to Director General.
Except for the Chief, PNP, no PNP member with less than one (1) year of service before reaching compulsory retirement age shall be promoted to a higher rank or designated to any position other than what they are currently holding; any such designation is void ab initio and may be contested.
The PRO/NSU must publish soon-to-be vacated positions and the list of eligibles before deliberations; no officer may be included unless they meet all mandatory requirements, and no officer outside the list may be designated. Violations render the designation void ab initio and contestable.
Placement must follow the career ladder in second and third level. Any officer who held a position for at least six (6) months is disqualified from holding another position lower than what they previously held.
Examples include: PRO/NSU staff positions maximum cumulative period of three (3) years; Chief of Regional NSUs two (2) years; Chiefs of RHSSG two (2) years; Group Director positions (RMG/PMG) two (2) years each; and Chief of Police up to six (6) years.
It is based on the environment (urban/rural) and classification (national/regional/local), not merely island grouping (Luzon/Visayas/Mindanao). It must not be used to discriminate. Certain operational deployments (e.g., SAF/RMGs/mobile training teams) may be considered as having served in the regions/provinces where units were actually deployed.
PCOs who have served a maximum continuous period of two (2) years in field duty shall be assigned to an administrative duty position, and those who have held administrative duty positions for more than two (2) years shall be projected to a field duty assignment.
All designations made by Regional Directors of PROs and Directors of NSUs to positions enumerated in the Circular remain interim until confirmed by the NAPOLCOM. No designation should be made unless the officer holds the minimum qualification standards.
A PROPB is composed of senior PCOs in the PROs: Deputy Regional Director for Administration (Chairman), Deputy Regional Director for Operation (Vice-Chairman), various chiefs (RPHRDD, RID, ROPD, RLD, RDC, RPCRD, RIDMD), a Policewoman Representative, and a Secretariat head (Chief, Placement Section as Head, Secretariat).
It is composed of: Deputy Director (Chairman), Chief of Staff (Vice-Chairman), division chiefs (members), Chief/Administrative Division (member/Head Secretariat), and a Policewoman Representative (member).
It uses six criteria: Seniority (10%); Command and Leadership Competence (20%); Field and Administrative Duty Experience (20%); Geographical Assignment (15%); Service Reputation (20%); and Awards/Recognition and Fitness (15%).
They shall not be included in the list of eligibles. Reinstated officers after serving administrative sanctions must be given minor administrative duties for at least one (1) year before being considered; those reinstated due to exoneration may be considered immediately upon reinstatement.
Those returning from secondment/detail and those who have not held any position for more than six (6) months shall be assigned to any position for at least one (1) year before being designated to positions commensurate to their rank.
Complaints and grievances related to the promotion and placement system may be filed in writing, under oath, within fifteen (15) days from publication of the order; the Board must resolve them expeditiously.
The designation is void ab initio and may be contested before appropriate administrative bodies.
After fifteen (15) days from the filing of a copy with the University of the Philippines Law Center in accordance with Sections 3 and 4, Chapter 2, Book VII of Executive Order No. 292 (Revised Administrative Code of 1987), as amended.