Title
PNP Guidelines on Protective Security Availment
Law
Pnp Memorandum Circular No. 2011-006
Decision Date
Feb 26, 2011
Revised guidelines and procedures for the provision of protective security personnel by the Philippine National Police (PNP) and accredited private detective agencies, ensuring the proper provision of protective security to individuals who require it, with specific entitlements and operational guidelines outlined.
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Legal basis and related references

  • The circular is anchored on Section 35(b)(3), Republic Act No. 6975, the Department of the Interior and Local Government Act of 1990, as amended by Republic Act No. 8551 (PNP Reform and Reorganization Act of 1998).
  • The circular governs protective security involving private protection agents under Republic Act No. 5487, the Private Security Agency Law of 1969, including its Implementing Rules and Regulations.
  • The circular revises prior PNP protective security guidelines by reference to:
    • PNP Memorandum Circular No. 2010-009 dated July 8, 2010.
    • NAPOLCOM Memorandum Circular No. 2009-004 dated December 28, 2009, amending NAPOLCOM Memorandum Circular No. 2000-008.
    • PNP Memorandum Circular No. 2009-012 dated July 6, 2009.
    • PNP Memorandum Circular No. 2006-001 dated September 4, 2006.

Purpose and governing policy

  • The circular provides additional guidelines and procedures governing the availment and deployment of:
    • PNP Protective Security Personnel (PSP); and
    • Protection Agents (PA) from accredited Private Detective Agencies (PDA).
  • The circular establishes a rules-based process for initiating protective security, including when threat assessment is required and when temporary arrangements are allowed.

Definitions and key concepts

  • Indigent Protectee means persons applying for protective security whose family income does not exceed:
    • PHP 14,000.00 for those residing in Metro Manila;
    • PHP 13,000.00 for those residing in other cities; and
    • PHP 12,000.00 for those residing in all other places.
  • PNP Protective Security Personnel (PSP) means a member of the PNP providing protective security.
  • Private Detective Agency (PDA) means any juridical person, association, partnership, firm, or private corporation that contracts, recruits, trains, furnishes, or posts a licensed private detective to perform private detective services such as investigation, surveillance, information gathering, training, and consultancy under contracted compensation; it includes providing personal security protection to private persons or individuals.
  • Protectee means the person being provided with protective security, and also includes the “client” as used in PDA personal security protection service.
  • Protection Agent (PA) means a SOSIA-licensed Private Security Personnel qualified and selected to perform or provide personal security protection to protected persons or individuals entitled to protection.
  • Protective Security is the state or quality of being secured or freed from danger and uncertainty, including the means or devices designed to guard persons and property against a broad range of security hazards.
  • Threat means an indication of something impending and usually undesirable or unpleasant, with an intention to inflict evil, injury, or damage on another by illegal means, often involving coercion or duress over the person or his welfare.
  • Threat Assessment is the process of investigating/validating the truthfulness of the existence of a threat to an individual.

Coverage, implementing agency, and eligibility

  • The circular applies to any person—whether a public official (elected or appointed) or a private individual—who intends to avail or engage the services of:
    • PNP Protective Security Personnel (PSP); and/or
    • Protection Agents (PA) from Private Detective Agencies (PDA).
  • The Police Security and Protection Group (PSPG) is the main implementing agency, mandated to provide security to government officials, foreign dignitaries, private individuals authorized to be given protection, and key government installations.
  • The PNP thru the PSPG shall detail PSP to the following personages even in the absence of a written request:
    • Vice President of the Republic of the Philippines — 9 PSP
    • Senate President — 6 PSP
    • Speaker of the House of Representatives — 6 PSP
    • Chief Justice of the Supreme Court — 6 PSP
    • Secretary of National Defense — 4 PSP
    • Secretary of the Interior and Local Government — 4 PSP
  • The following persons are entitled to protective security upon written request and without the need of threat assessment:
    • Cabinet Secretaries — 4 PSP
    • Senators — 4 PSP
    • Members of the House of Representatives — 2 PSP
    • Retired PNP Star-rank Officers — 2 PSP
  • Local Chief Executives (Governors and Mayors) are entitled upon written request to a maximum of two (2) protective security personnel, subject to approval of the Chief, PNP upon recommendation of the PNP Regional Directors.
  • Protected individuals may employ services of not more than four (4) private Protection Agents, subject to approval of the Chief, PNP.
  • Other public officials and private individuals may avail or engage PNP PSP only subject to approval of the Chief, PNP, when all conditions are met:
    • The applicant is under actual threats of death and/or physical harm;
    • The threat is assessed (after due evaluation) to be imminent or highly possible of occurrence;
    • Security may be withdrawn or terminated anytime, even before expiration, when PNP demands so require or when specific provisions are violated; and
    • Except in highly exceptional cases, only a maximum of two (2) PSP and four (4) protection agents are allowed.

Protective security procedure and implementation steps

  • Applicants for protective security detail except Local Chief Executives must personally submit to PSPG:
    • A letter request addressed to the Chief, Philippine National Police, thru the Director, PSPG;
    • Accomplished three (3) copies of the application form duly notarized;
    • Police report/blotter entry or other documentary proof/evidence regarding the threat; and
    • A Special Bank Receipt showing payment of the appropriate fee.
  • Local Chief Executives must submit written requests and applications to their respective PNP Regional Directors through their ROPDs; the RDs must endorse the request and application for approval of the Chief, PNP thru D, PSPG.
  • After receipt of documentary requirements, threat assessment must be conducted by IG and local police units, which may act jointly or coordinate laterally, and all threat assessments must be validated by the Directorate for Intelligence (DI).
  • If threat is assessed as imminent or highly probable upon receipt and evaluation, the Director, PSPG/RD/PRO must provide temporary security detail.
  • For Protection Agents employed/deployed by PDAs/PSAs, especially for expatriates/foreign tourists and individuals who deem their safety/life is in danger, the following authority limits apply:
    • The Director, PSPG may issue an Interim Special Duty Detail Order (SDDO) to Protection Agents valid for one (1) week, renewable but not to exceed one (1) week;
    • The Deputy Chief PNP for Operations may approve details for more than one (1) week but not to exceed one (1) month; and
    • The Chief PNP approves details for periods exceeding one (1) month.
  • Every applicant must accomplish an affidavit of undertaking stating that the duty of the PSP and/or PA is confined only to protective functions and that the applicant will not use the PSP/PA as gatekeeper, family driver, errand boy, or for similar tasks, or to do illegal activities.
  • Provision of security detail for Local Chief Executives is the responsibility of the PROs.
  • No member of the SAF, RPSB, PPSC, and city/municipal police stations shall be detailed as PNP Protective Security Personnel.
  • In exceptional cases directed by the Chief, PNP, the PSPG shall provide security to Local Chief Executives.
  • All deployed protection agents must be under operational control and supervision of the PSPG.
  • PSPG PSP and PDA PA personnel may wear civilian-formal attire (including barong, bush jacket, or suit), depending on the situation, and must wear the prescribed uniform during:
    • special events, and
    • election periods, for easy identification.
  • PSP personnel must always carry firearms with a Letter Order and an Acknowledgment Receipt of Equipment (ARE) for government-issued firearms, or with a firearm license and PTCFOR for personally owned firearms.
  • PAs must always carry agency-issued firearms covered by the Special Duty Detail Order (SDDO).
  • Firearms must always be concealed and must not be seen by the public while rendering security missions.
  • PSP availment runs for six (6) months, with issuance of Letter Orders on a monthly basis.
  • For PAs, the period of detail is determined by the contract between the PDA and the protectee.
  • If during monthly evaluation the threat to the protectee has ceased, PNP automatically terminates the protective security detail.
  • Rules and regulations governing engagement of PAs must follow existing PNP Circulars and other issuances.

Entitlements and limits on protective detail

  • The circular fixes PSP counts for:
    • The Vice President, Senate President, Speaker, Chief Justice, Secretary of National Defense, and Secretary of the Interior and Local Government (through immediate entitlement even without written request).
    • Cabinet Secretaries, Senators, Members of the House of Representatives, and Retired PNP Star-rank Officers (through written request without threat assessment).
  • The circular sets Local Chief Executive PSP maximum at two (2) protective security personnel, subject to Chief PNP approval upon recommendation of PNP Regional Directors.
  • The circular permits up to four (4) private Protection Agents subject to Chief PNP approval.
  • The circular limits other cases (except highly exceptional cases) to a maximum of two (2) PSP and four (4) protection agents.
  • The circular allows temporary security detail when threats are assessed as imminent or highly probable.

Fees and fee exemptions

  • Application for availment/engagement of PSP must not be processed unless the applicant pays the appropriate fees.
  • A private individual must pay total PSP application fees of PHP 5,000.00, broken down as:
    • Processing fee — PHP 1,000.00; and
    • Threat Assessment fee — PHP 4,000.00.
  • The public officials enumerated in paragraphs 5a and 5b are not required to pay these fees.
  • Indigent protectees must pay 20% of the processing fee and are exempt from the threat assessment fee.
  • Amounts collected from the filing fee form part of the PNP Trust Receipts Fund, with 50% retained by the PSPG to support or defray administrative and operational expenses.

Administrative sanctions and termination grounds

  • Any PNP personnel found violating any provision of the circular is administratively liable under existing NAPOLCOM and PNP regulations.
  • Any Protective Agent found violating any provision of the circular is liable under Republic Act No. 5487 as amended, its IRR, and PNP Memorandum Circular No. 001-2006.
  • Violation by the protectee of any circular provision or the affidavit of undertaking, or misrepresentation or false entry in documents submitted for application is a ground for outright termination or revocation of the protective security provided.

Rescission and governing inconsistencies

  • All PNP policies, directives, and other issuances inconsistent with the circular are deemed repealed or modified accordingly.

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